sombrero

noun

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som·bre·ro | \ səm-ˈbrer-(ˌ)ō

, säm- \

plural sombreros

Definition of sombrero

: an often high-crowned hat of felt or straw with a very wide brim worn especially in the Southwest and Mexico

Examples of sombrero in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So in Lubbock, there's a Pancho Claus that wears a serape and a sombrero. — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2021 Pancho Clos wears a sombrero and serape over a Santa suit and typically appears at a community center, making his entrance aboard a firetruck and handing out toys, candy canes and bags laden with fruits and nuts. — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2021 The women tend to wear colorful, traditional dresses and a charro sombrero. — AZCentral.com, 10 Dec. 2021 Known for his trademark baritone, distinctive charro suit and sombrero, Fernández received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998. — Charu Sinha, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2021 Some of the other incidents include Campo sending a Hispanic officer a picture of the officer on a hot sauce bottle wearing a sombrero, Case Sletvold said. — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2021 On multiple occasions, records state, Campo posted images harassing the only Latino officer in the division, including an image depicting the officer sporting a sombrero as part of a hot sauce bottle logo. — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021 Some considered the mural’s original sombrero-sporting figures offensive. — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021 The Banditos’ mascot is a mustachioed skeleton with a giant sombrero. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2021

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