caped
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Cheering for such idealism used to feel corny; all the cool, caped crusaders had ethical kinks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
Created in 1919, the famed 19th century California vigilante is best known for his sword fighting and signature black mask; he’s arguably a pioneering caped crusader.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
In France, his caped and bearded figure became an emblem of Christian self-sacrifice.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024
He had not only presence — as a flamboyant 6-foot-6 caped crusader for cutting-edge style — but prescience, championing, among others, the revolutionary Japanese designer Issey Miyake, dead at 84, before most others did.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Morning after morning, with an old caped driving-coat cast about his shoulders and a shabby hunting-cap on his grey head, he would walk down to the little bridge that carried the drive over the stream.
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
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