Definition of "tawny" []

• A light brown to brownish orange. (noun)

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• "He was called tawny because from his frequent walks in the blaze of the sun his face had become much sun-burnt."
• "Two are "tawny" and two are grey and white, like their ma."
• "Some Negro slaves were brought to Europe by the Spaniards in the fourteenth century, and a small trade was continued by the Portuguese, who conquered territory from the "tawny" Moors of North Africa in the early fifteenth century."