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1.
a plume or tuft of feathers, especially the back plume of any of various herons, arranged as a head ornament.
2.
a jeweled ornament depicting or suggesting this, usually worn in the hair or on a hat.
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Aigrette
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aigrette
tuft of long, white heron (usually egret) plumes used as a decorative headdress, or any other ornament resembling such a headdress. Such plumes were highly prized as ornaments in Middle Eastern ceremonial dress. Jeweled aigrettes, at first made in the form of a tuft of plumes, became an adornment for turbans in Turkey, particularly during the Ottoman period (1281-1924).
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