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be·ret

[buh-rey]
noun
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.

Origin:
1820–30; < French < Gascon berret, OPr. ber(r)et. See biretta

barrette, beret.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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  • Every few years the beret resurfaces as the head covering of choice.
  • Yes, fair enough: he is a civilian now, for all the paratroop beret in which he campaigned.
  • Yurchenko wore a beret and battle fatigues and had the face of a pugilist who'd taken too many punches.
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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]

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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.
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