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capote

[kuh-poht; Fr. ka-pawt]

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noun, plural ca·potes

[-pohts; Fr. -pawt] .

a long cloak with a hood.

a close-fitting, caplike bonnet worn by women and children in the mid-Victorian period.

a bullfighter's cape; capa.

an adjustable top or hood of a vehicle, as a buggy.

Also, capot.

Origin:
1790–1800, Americanism; < French, equivalent to cape (< Spanish capa cape¹) + -ote, feminine of -ot diminutive suffix

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noun

Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.

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capote (kəˈpəʊt, French kapɔt)

—n
	a long cloak or soldier's coat, usually with a hood

[C19: from French: cloak, from cape; see cape¹]

Capote (kəˈpəʊtɪ)

—n
	Truman. 1924--84, US writer; his novels include Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) and In Cold Blood (1964), based on an actual multiple murder

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capote

"long cloak with a hood," 1812, from Fr. capote, fem. of capot (17c.), dim. of cape (see cape (1)).

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