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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
Phrygian cap
–noun
a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian or oriental dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
[Origin: 1840–50]
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liberty cap  
n.   A brimless, limp, conical cap fitting snugly around the head and given to a slave in ancient Rome upon manumission. It was used as a symbol of liberty by the French revolutionaries and was also worn in the United States before 1800. Also called Phrygian cap.

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Phrygian cap  
n.   See liberty cap.

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Phrygian cap

Phryg"i*an cap`\ A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or cap of liberty.

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