fezzed
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a word derived from
fez.
feznouna felt cap, usually of a red color, having the shape of a truncated cone, and ornamented with a long black tassel, worn by men in Egypt and North Africa: formerly the national headdress of the Turks.
Example Sentences
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Behind them both marched a carefully chosen column of Ras Gugsa's own tribesmen, tall fezzed Askaris from Eritrea, and a regiment of Italian Bersaglieri, cock feathers fluttering from their helmets.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They came, bearing their guns, white fezzed, white clothed, black braided youths with shaven polls and flashing teeth.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon
And I recall another incident, when we reached the barrier at the Great Tower, where a squad of fezzed and moustached guards debated among themselves the wisdom of permitting us to pass out.
From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by William McFee
And in spite of the clangour of rivetters, the unceasing cries of fezzed and turbaned mechanics, and the heavy blows of sweating carpenters, caulkers and blacksmiths, Aliens grew.
From Aliens by William McFee
I saw all this as the door stood for a moment, the fezzed head of a little old gentleman looking out and mumbling the word 'Kapitan!'
From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by William McFee