(British English)light brownish-orange in colourginger haira ginger catWordfinderblondeauburn,blonde,dark,fair,ginger,grey,jet black,mousy,redhead,sandyOxford Collocations DictionaryGinger is used with these nouns: beard,hairSeefull entrySee related entries:Hair colourWord Originlate Old English gingifer, conflated in Middle English with Old French gingimbre, from medieval Latin gingiber, from Greek zingiberis, from Pali (an ancient Indian language) siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin.
