tricorne

noun

variants or tricorn
Definition of tricornenext
as in shako

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Recent Examples of tricorne Jamie looks dapper and colonial, walking through Edinburgh on his way to work, tricorne and all. — Roxane Gay, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017 Soldiers from the Old Guard, wearing tricorne hats and bright-red uniforms, marched past, amid a flourish of fifes and drums. — Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 Take out yer triangular hat (a tricorn), eye patch, brass earrings, shoulder parrot, sword and scabbard, hook for a hand, and peg for a leg. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025 Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese. — Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat. — Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricorne
  1. shako
  2. beret
  3. turban
  4. sombrero
  5. bonnet
  6. homburg
  7. biretta
  8. fez
Noun
  • The exhibit featured photos of Oloyede commanding Florida A&M’s band, along with her uniform jacket and a tall major shako (military-style) hat.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of shako
Noun
  • Madonna attended the 57th Grammy Awards in 2015 in a lacy ensemble paired with black thigh-high boots and a black beret with an attached mesh veil.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • Many French fans sported blue jerseys and commemorative berets featuring the 2026 World Cup trophy.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Definition of beret
Noun
  • The caskets of his family members sat beneath Khamenei’s, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
    — Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • Television footage showed his coffin draped with the Iranian flag and topped with his black turban.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of turban
Noun
  • Sombrero flick The sombrero flick means different things to different people.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Quiroz recently began wearing a sombrero.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Definition of sombrero
Noun
  • The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
  • Consider using a satin or silk bonnet and pillowcase to reduce friction, prevent breakage, and preserve your hairstyle while sleeping.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 24 June 2026
Definition of bonnet
Noun
  • Mitchell was the most quietly elegant of men, dressed in a costume—a homburg, a knitted vest, a tweed jacket—that seemed unchanged since the thirties, and speaking in a soft but confident North Carolina accent.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
Definition of homburg
Noun
  • Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.
    — NBC News, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Among those receiving the cardinals’ biretta — a crimson-red square cap with three ridges — was his point man for helping Rome’s homeless and poor.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 28 June 2018
Definition of biretta
Noun
  • Dressed in a pink suit, matching fez and orange sneakers, band leader Ed Williams fueled the music and recalled Elmore James with his scorching slide guitar runs.
    — Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026
  • Then there is Toby, the fictional, fez-donning cartoon cat that Baseman calls his alter ego.
    — Iris Kwok May 12, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Definition of fez

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