Yellow Hats

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. the sect of Tibetan Buddhist monks established after religious reforms in the 14th century.

Example Sentences

The monks gathered in their yellow hats, a symbol of the Gelug school of Buddhism.

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No one in Paul’s Rome had it worse than the Jews; he confined them to a ghetto, made them wear yellow hats whenever they left and ordered dozens burned at the stake.

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He was so hated when he died that celebratory rioters tore down many of his statues; others were mocked with yellow hats.

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At the tense Lebanon-Israel border, Hezbollah supporters wearing yellow hats organized daily protests over the past week.

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PENSACOLA, Fla. — Not long after Hurricane Sally made landfall in mid-September, an army composed of mostly senior citizens in yellow hats descended on the Gulf Coast.

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