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shak⋅o

  [shak-oh, shey-koh]
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–noun, plural shak⋅os, shak⋅oes.
a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.
Also, shacko.

Origin:
1805–15; < F schako < Hungarian csákó, short for csákós (süveg) peaked (cap), adj. deriv. of csák peak < MHG zacke peak, point; see tack 1
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shak·o also shack·o   (shāk'ō, shā'kō, shä'-)   
n.   pl. shak·os also shack·os or shak·oes also shack·oes
A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.

[French schako, from Hungarian csákó, from csákós (süveg), pointed (cap), from csák, peak, perhaps from Middle High German zacke, tack, nail.]
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