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AUBURN (from the Low Lat. alburnus, whitish, light-coloured)
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AUBURN (from the Low Lat. alburnus, whitish, light-coloured), ruddy-brown; the meaning has changed from the original one of brownish-white or light yellow (citrinus, in Promptorium Parvulorum), probably through the intensification of the idea of brown caused by the early spelling " abron " or " abrown."