Synonyms of cockade

cockade

noun

as in silver

Related Words

• silver
• badge
• gold
• rosette
• button
• bronze
• star
• insignia
• ribbon
• clasp
• crown
• ensign
• chevron
• color
• title
• decoration
• laurel
• trophy
• award
• prize
• distinction
• medal
• honor
• citation
• medallion
• commendation
• order

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cockade

When Francophiles aligned with Jefferson wore tricolor cockades, Washington’s men responded with sombre black ones. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

As a general and eventual emperor, Napoleon wore the cockade to symbolize his own revolutionary leadership. — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2023

Lafayette, on his return to France in 1779, was a hero with all the glamour of revolution clinging to his cockade, as charismatic as Che Guevara in the sixties, but with a better character. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021

Later, the tricolour seeped out from the cockade into the broader political sphere and is now immortalised in the French flag, a symbol of national identity and unity. — The Economist, 17 June 2020

In revolutionary France, the Marquis de Lafayette, the same French aristocrat who fought in the American revolutionary war, is said to have designed the red, blue and white cockade. — The Economist, 17 June 2020

Nearly 500 costume makers and enthusiasts from around the world converged on the DoubleTree Hotel at Hazard Center this weekend for panels on makeup transformations, fun with fosshape, beginner embroidery and ribbon cockades. — David Garrick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2018