bicorn
adjective
having two horns or hornlike parts.
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- a variation of bicorne.
bicorn
1 American
[bahy-kawrn]
/ ˈbaɪ kɔrn /
adjective
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Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
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shaped like a crescent.
noun
Bicorn
2
American
[bahy-kawrn]
/ ˈbaɪ kɔrn /
noun
bicorn
British
/ ˈbaɪkɔːn /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bicorn1
1745–55; < Latin bicornis, equivalent to bi- bi- 1 + corn ( ū ) horn + -is adj. suffix
Origin of Bicorn2
1375–1425; late Middle English Bycorne < Middle French < Latin bicornis bicorn
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The team studied actual garments that Napoleon and his wife, Josephine, wore in the 1800s, plus other rare period clothes, including his famous bicorn hat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
A bicorn hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte sold for 1.9 million euros at an auction in France.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
He’s last seen strolling the Fashion District giddily shopping for epaulettes, ribbon bars and a bicorn hat a la Napoleon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
In July 2015, an imperial black felt bicorn campaign hat belonging to French Emperor Napoleon I was sold.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2016
They still needed the bicorn horn and the boomslang skin, and the only place they were going to get them was from Snape’s private stores.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
Bicorn, bipartite, duplex, and double uteruses are so called according to the extent of the duplication.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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