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

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

From The Pocket George Borrow by Thomas, Edward

The crew were wooden posts, dressed up with swords, muskets, bandoliers, and hats or montero caps.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

He was a good-looking p. 84young man, apparently about five-and-twenty, genteelly dressed, with a montero cap on his head. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

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

A montero cap and a black feather drooped over the wearer's brow, and partly concealed his features, which, so far as seen, were dark, regular, adn full of majestic, though somewhat sullen, expression.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir