cockade

[ ko-keyd ]

/ kɒˈkeɪd /

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noun

a rosette, knot of ribbon, etc., usually worn on the hat as part of a uniform, as a badge of office, or the like.

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Origin of cockade

First recorded in 1650–60; cockade (also cockard), from French cocarde “a knot of ribbons, cockade” (from its resemblance to a cock's crest), from Middle French cocquard “boastful, silly, cocky” (like the boastful behavior of a rooster), from coc “rooster, cock”; see cock¹ + -arde -ard

OTHER WORDS FROM cockade

cock·ad·ed, adjective

Words nearby cockade

coch. parv., Cochran, cocinero, cock, cockabully, cockade, cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-hoop, Cockaigne, cock-a-leekie, cockalorum

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How to use cockade in a sentence

On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
We are drawing near the chateau, and you might as well wear a cockade tricolor as let them hear that.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
He rather prided himself on the way he played his part, and wore the tri-color cockade with an air of conviction.
The Light That Lures|Percy Brebner
Graceful vainly endeavored to recall him to life; then, bemoaning his fate, he fastened him with a pin to his hat like a cockade.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book|Various

The cockade on the hat is the privilege abroad of ambassadors; it is bad form.
The Complete Bachelor|Walter Germain

British Dictionary definitions for cockade

cockade

/ (kɒˈkeɪd) /

noun

a feather or ribbon worn on military headwear

Derived forms of cockade

cockaded, adjective

Word Origin for cockade

C18: changed from earlier cockard, from French cocarde, feminine of cocard arrogant, strutting, from coq cock 1

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