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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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
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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