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blue beret

British  

noun

  1. an informal name for a soldier of a United Nations peacekeeping force

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Seated in a wingback chair and wearing a blue beret and sunglasses, Mitchell joined festival headliner Brandi Carlile and a bevy of other artists, including Wynonna Judd, Allison Russell and Marcus Mumford.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2022

For the “Middle of Everything” campaign, the award-winning actor traipses around the Prairie State wearing a jaunty blue beret and a gleeful expression.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

The 87-year-old in a blue beret and Nordic sweater pulls his advertising from a green milk crate.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2018

Or so Mr. Lydon now says, as he tried on a deconstructed blue beret in front of a full-length mirror.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2018

At any rate there came a pause, and a small Basque boy in a blue beret began to descend the slope very cautiously, searching for lost balls in the scree.

From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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