liberty cap
a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
Origin of liberty cap
1- Compare Phrygian cap.
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How to use liberty cap in a sentence
At a point a few hundred feet lower on the mountain-side there is a peak known as liberty cap.
Mount Rainier | VariousPeak Success and liberty cap are the only two promontories that give trustworthy indication of its former height and strength.
Mount Rainier | VariousA huge cirque extending up toward liberty cap on the western side of the mountain.
Mount Rainier | VariousWith a bursting heart, he snatched off his liberty-cap, threw it in the air, and cried: "Vive la République!"
When a Cobbler Ruled a King | Augusta Huiell SeamanA few days after, he was arrayed in a little coat and trousers of the Revolutionary red, and a bright red liberty-cap.
When a Cobbler Ruled a King | Augusta Huiell Seaman
British Dictionary definitions for liberty cap
a cap of soft felt worn as a symbol of liberty, esp during the French Revolution, from the practice in ancient Rome of giving a freed slave such a cap
a poisonous hallucinogenic basidiomycetous fungus, Psilocybe semilanceata, yellowish-brown with a distinctive pointed cap, found in groups in grassland
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