aureole

mastery
UK /ˈɔː.ɹiː.əʊl/ US /ˈɔɹ.i.oʊl/nounverb

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What does 'aureole' mean in this sentence?

It was a lean Jewish face, with a great fuzzy aureole of white hair and a small goatee beard.