headscarf
noun
head·scarf
ˈhed-ˌskärf 
plural headscarves
ˈhed-ˌskärvz
also headscarfs
also headscarfs
: a fabric covering for the head worn especially by women
… young, well-educated European Muslim women who wear the headscarf as a conscious, articulate choice …—
Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton AshThe stereotypical fortuneteller, a wizened old woman in a fringed headscarf hunched over a crystal ball …—Louise Erdich
Louise ErdichThe US Justice Department, for example, has supported the right of Muslim girls to wear headscarves in public schools.—Robert O. Paxton
Robert O. PaxtonExamples of headscarf in a Sentence
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Hailey was seen sporting a yellow, abstract bikini bottom, with a similar shirt and a black and white polka-dot headscarf while sitting on a boat in one of the shots.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Like many young Iranian women of her generation, Seti wears a headscarf as little as possible, refusing to bow down to police patrolling the streets looking for renegades.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
Most recently, protests about Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died after being taken into police custody for not wearing a headscarf, were brutally repressed.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 21 June 2025
Mass protests also broke out in the autumn of 2022 after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old, died while detained by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly.
—Ruth Marks Eglash, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
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Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Like many young Iranian women of her generation, Seti wears a headscarf as little as possible, refusing to bow down to police patrolling the streets looking for renegades.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
Most recently, protests about Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died after being taken into police custody for not wearing a headscarf, were brutally repressed.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 21 June 2025
Mass protests also broke out in the autumn of 2022 after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old, died while detained by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly.
—Ruth Marks Eglash, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
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“Headscarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headscarf. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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