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• Roan (horse) — For Roan in other animals, see Roan (color). Horses with roan coats have white hairs evenly intermingled throughout any other color. The head, legs, mane and tail have fewer scattered white hairs or none at all …   Wikipedia

• Roan (color) — Roan is a coat color found in many animals, notably horses, cattle and dogs. It is defined generally as an even mixture of white and pigmented hairs that does not gray out or fade as the animal ages. roan , a . and n.1 Oxford English Dictionary.… …   Wikipedia

• Roan — Roan, n. 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color. [1913 Webster] 2. A roan horse. [1913 Webster] 3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Roan tree — Roan Roan, n. 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color. [1913 Webster] 2. A roan horse. [1913 Webster] 3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• roan — roan1 [rōn] adj. [OFr < OSp roano < L ravidus, grayish < ravus, grayish yellow, tawny] of a solid color, as reddish brown, brown, or black, with a thick sprinkling of white hairs: said chiefly of horses n. 1. a roan color 2. a roan horse …   English World dictionary

• roan — I. adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Old Spanish roano Date: 1530 having the base color (as red, black, or brown) muted and lightened by admixture of white hairs < a roan horse > < a roan calf > II. noun Date: 1580 1. an animal (as a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• roan — /roʊn / (say rohn) adjective 1. (chiefly of horses) of a sorrel, chestnut, or bay colour sprinkled with grey or white. 2. prepared from roan (def. 4). –noun 3. a roan horse or other animal. 4. a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in… …  

• Roan — may refer to:a roan is a valley that curves upward. *Battle of Roan s Tan Yard, an action during the American Civil War *John Roan school, a comprehensive secondary school in Blackheath, South East London **Old Roan F.C., a football club based at …   Wikipedia

• Roan Fel — is a fictional character in the Star Wars expanded universe , who makes his first appearance in the Dark Horse comic series Star Wars Legacy (130 Years ABY ). He is the rightful Emperor of the reformed Galactic Empire , and the third in the Fel… …   Wikipedia

• Roan — (r[=o]n), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.] 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; said of a horse. [1913 Webster] Give my roan a drench. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Made of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Roan antelope — Roan Roan (r[=o]n), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.] 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; said of a horse. [1913 Webster] Give my roan a drench. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English