kepi
Americannoun
plural
kepisnoun
Etymology
Origin of kepi
1860–65; < French képi < Swiss German Käppi ( Kapp ( e ) cap 1 + -i diminutive suffix)
Example Sentences
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The family relinquished some of the artifacts—the kepi, belt, sword, corps badge he wore on July 1, 1863–to the National Park Service.
From Time • Jun. 30, 2015
In a full-page illustration by Winslow Homer, published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly in 1861, Wallace sits astride his horse in a pair of billowing trousers, an exotic-looking kepi perched on his head.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2013
As the general deplaned in khakis and kepi, the band struck up La Marseillaise and a battery of antiaircraft cannon boomed 21 times�so loud and near that bystanders felt the breath of the guns.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wearing his brigadier general's uniform and two-star kepi, De Gaulle addressed a curiously subdued crowd of 200,000 from the balcony of the National Palace�the first visiting dignitary ever accorded that honor.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have a very simple uniform—a black kepi with crimson piping, and a crimson belt round their waists.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
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