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a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
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Origin:
1820–30;
<
French
<
Gascon
berret,
OPr.
ber
(
r
)
et.
See
biretta
Can be confused:
barrette
,
beret
.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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She wore a beret and blazer over her habit, an outfit that should have looked silly, but did not.
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So if you're thinking about a hat for fall, consider the beret.
Every few years the beret resurfaces as the head covering of choice.
No, it's not that one is wearing a saucy little beret while the other is tucked into tiny pair of lederhosen.
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beret
(ˈbɛreɪ)
—
n
a round close-fitting brimless cap of soft wool material or felt
[C19: from French
béret
, from Old Provençal
berret
, from Medieval Latin
birrettum
cap; see
biretta
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
beret
1827, from Fr. béret (dialect of Béarn), 19c., from Old Gascon berret "cap," from M.L. birretum, dim. of L.L. birrus "a large hooded cloak." The round, flat cap originally was worn by Basque peasants.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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