Phrygian cap


noun
  1. a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.

Origin of Phrygian cap

1
First recorded in 1840–50

Words Nearby Phrygian cap

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How to use Phrygian cap in a sentence

  • Phrygian cap, a cap worn by the Phrygians, and worn in modern times as the symbol of freedom.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia | Edited by Rev. James Wood
  • He has folded his stocking cap, so that it comes forward to his brow like a Phrygian cap.

    Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for Phrygian cap

Phrygian cap

noun
  1. a conical cap of soft material worn during ancient times that became a symbol of liberty during the French Revolution

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