kepi
noun
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
kepis
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pluralof kepi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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While line judges sported pristine starched white caps, and ball boys and girls wilted under kepis, Hogenkamp stood out from the crowd.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2015
Sunburned legionnaires in khaki shorts and kepis stood watch over arriving passengers.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2014
It has also led to the reappearance of an old symbol of Africa's colonial past: the white kepis of the French Foreign Legion.
From Time Magazine Archive
French officials in crisp kepis stood side by side with their British counterparts in pith helmets as De Gaulle, without a flinch, cried: "Vive la France, Vive le Royaume Uni!"
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a little stream and a bridge, and Spanish carabineers, with patent-leather Bonaparte hats, and short guns on their backs, on one side, and on the other fat Frenchmen in kepis and mustaches.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
