beret

[ buh-rey ]
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noun
  1. a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.

Origin of beret

1
1820–30; <French <Gascon berret, OPr. ber(r)et.See biretta

Words that may be confused with beret

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How to use beret in a sentence

  • The international cops wore green berets, high buttonless boots, bush jackets.

    The Green Beret | Thomas Edward Purdom
  • The children, in brown berets, run in the dust, alongside their mothers.

    A Tour Through The Pyrenees | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine

British Dictionary definitions for beret

beret

/ (ˈbɛreɪ) /


noun
  1. a round close-fitting brimless cap of soft wool material or felt

Origin of beret

1
C19: from French béret, from Old Provençal berret, from Medieval Latin birrettum cap; see biretta

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