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red hat
noun
- the broad-brimmed official hat of a Roman Catholic cardinal, symbolic of the office or rank of a cardinal.
- a cardinal.
red hat
noun
- the broad-brimmed crimson hat given to cardinals as the symbol of their rank and office
- the rank and office of a cardinal
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red hat1
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences
The Countess bowed stiffly to the red hat, and the red hat responded with eager fulsomeness.
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She eloped in a hat, a big red hat, three white feathers—one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
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He was dressed in yellow, sulphur-coloured robes, with a high-peaked conical red hat on his head, which was shaven.
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But the conferring of the red hat always takes place at the hands of the pope in a public consistory.
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“I for my part, to tell the truth, do not think that the Red Hat is my highest honour,” he was accustomed to say.
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