kepi
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kepi
1860–65; < French képi < Swiss German Käppi ( Kapp ( e ) cap 1 + -i diminutive suffix)
Vocabulary lists containing kepi
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
True, she says, Willy actually kepi her under lock & key.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead, removing his two-starred kepi, De Gaulle gave Churchill the standard French embrace of a peck on both cheeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latter now wore a very tight white uniform, and a rather high and cumbrous kepi lay on the chair at his side.
From Long Odds by Bindloss, Harold
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