montero

American  

[mon-tair-oh, mawn-te-raw] / mɒnˈtɛər oʊ, mɔnˈtɛ rɔ /

noun

plural

monteros

1. a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.

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montero British  

/ mɒnˈtɛərəʊ, monˈtero /

noun

1. a round cap with a flap at the back worn by hunters, esp in Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries

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Etymology

Origin of montero

1615–25; < Spanish, special use of montero huntsman, literally, mountaineer, equivalent to monte mount ² + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

The picaro Guzman wore one; and as montero is the Spanish word for huntsman, Head may have obtained the word from that special scamp, Guzman, whose life was published in 1633.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

There were three peasants with red montero caps loading the barrels, and they had completed one waggon and the lower tier of the other.

From The Adventures of Gerard by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

His hat was like a helmet, or Spanish montero; and his locks curled below it decently; they were of colour brown.

From Ideal Commonwealths by More, Thomas, Sir, Saint

That montero of a hundred and more years ago and the guajiro of today have so much in common that it seems safe to consider the latter a descendant of the former.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

He was in his shirt sleeves, and wore a montero cap; his features were handsome, but they were those of a demon.

From George Borrow The Man and His Books by Thomas, Edward