Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
shaped like a crescent.
1745–55; < Latin bicornis, equivalent to bi- bi- 1 + corn ( ū ) horn + -is adj. suffix
1375–1425; late Middle English Bycorne < Middle French < Latin bicornis bicorn
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He, of course, is Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Joaquin Phoenix with a bicorn hat, a dyspeptic grimace and an unshakable air of post-“Joker,” post-“Beau Is Afraid” tragic clownery.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 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
Wearing a bicorn hat and lazily shaking her tambourine, she giggles that “America’s greatest contribution has been to teach the world that getting old is such a drag.”
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2016
Back in 1892, when the image on the right was taken, the head gatekeeper wore longer scarlet robes, and a bicorn hat made of beaver fur.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 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
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