bicorn
adjective
having two horns or hornlike parts.
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
/ baɪˈkɔːnɪt, ˈbaɪkɔːn, -ˌeɪt, -ˌneɪt, baɪˈkɔːnjʊɪt /
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
Example Sentences
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When they arrive, there is a ceremonial greeting, where the Lords doff their black bicorn hats and the Commons representatives acknowledge this by bowing.
From BBC ● May 25, 2024
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
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
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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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