liberty cap
noun
: a close-fitting conical cap used as a symbol of liberty by the French revolutionists and in the U.S. before 1800
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American revolutionaries embraced the hat as a symbol, now calling it a liberty cap.
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Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
The 2024 Paris Olympics mascot is a little red hat, known as a Phrygian cap (or a liberty cap), which is a symbol of the French revolutionaries.
—Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
Still, the liberty cap remains well represented within the Capitol in murals and other artworks.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
In the 19th century, some American politicians found a new reason to object to the liberty cap as a national symbol.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
The form is clearly a liberty cap.
—Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
But somewhere along the line the olive branch was dropped, and for the head wreath Crawford substituted a liberty cap in a tribute to the freeing of the Phrygian slaves in ancient times.
—Lily Rothman, Time, 1 Feb. 2018
In the early years, Uncle Sam was depicted as clean-shaven, amiable and even slightly goofy, clad in a stars-and-stripes dressing gown and liberty cap.
—Kim Sajet, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2018
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Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
The 2024 Paris Olympics mascot is a little red hat, known as a Phrygian cap (or a liberty cap), which is a symbol of the French revolutionaries.
—Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
Still, the liberty cap remains well represented within the Capitol in murals and other artworks.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
In the 19th century, some American politicians found a new reason to object to the liberty cap as a national symbol.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
The form is clearly a liberty cap.
—Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
But somewhere along the line the olive branch was dropped, and for the head wreath Crawford substituted a liberty cap in a tribute to the freeing of the Phrygian slaves in ancient times.
—Lily Rothman, Time, 1 Feb. 2018
In the early years, Uncle Sam was depicted as clean-shaven, amiable and even slightly goofy, clad in a stars-and-stripes dressing gown and liberty cap.
—Kim Sajet, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2018
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“Liberty cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberty%20cap. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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