cockade

[ ko-keyd ]

noun

1. a rosette, knot of ribbon, etc., usually worn on the hat as part of a uniform, as a badge of office, or the like.

cockade

/ kɒˈkeɪd /

noun

1. a feather or ribbon worn on military headwear

Derived Forms

• cockˈaded, adjective

Other Words From

• cock·aded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cockade¹

First recorded in 1650–60; cockade (also cockard ), from French cocarde “a knot of ribbons, cockade” (from its resemblance to a cock's crest), from Middle French cocquard “boastful, silly, cocky” (like the boastful behavior of a rooster), from coc “rooster, cock”; cock ¹ + -arde -ard

Word History and Origins

Origin of cockade¹

C18: changed from earlier cockard, from French cocarde, feminine of cocard arrogant, strutting, from coq cock ¹

Example Sentences

On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.

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We are drawing near the chateau, and you might as well wear a cockade tricolor as let them hear that.

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He rather prided himself on the way he played his part, and wore the tri-color cockade with an air of conviction.

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Graceful vainly endeavored to recall him to life; then, bemoaning his fate, he fastened him with a pin to his hat like a cockade.

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The cockade on the hat is the privilege abroad of ambassadors; it is bad form.

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