as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
most of the acrobats riding the horses and elephants wore some sort of fancy headdress
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Recent Examples of headdress
Scott built the headdresses from a collection of feathers.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
The Native leaders wear headdresses from Plains tribes, and there are too few Indigenous attendees.
—Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
The post was accompanied by a new video for the song, in which Cyrus wears a gauzy white headdress and matching diaphanous, flowing gown, as well as a black dress matched with a sparkling black mask.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
The ten day adult party is a true Key West creative explosion, featuring a marathon of parties, parades, handmade costumes, headdresses, street fair food, and tropical island energy.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
The Native leaders wear headdresses from Plains tribes, and there are too few Indigenous attendees.
—Thomas Tweed, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
The post was accompanied by a new video for the song, in which Cyrus wears a gauzy white headdress and matching diaphanous, flowing gown, as well as a black dress matched with a sparkling black mask.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
The ten day adult party is a true Key West creative explosion, featuring a marathon of parties, parades, handmade costumes, headdresses, street fair food, and tropical island energy.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headdress
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The Kentucky Derby also stormed back onto the list after a three-year layoff, as nearly 18 million people in funny hats (including 959,000 streamers) cheered on Sovereignty’s muddy victory, a turnout enhanced by Nielsen’s OOH upgrade.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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The hat was supposed to disguise him from the masses who were hearing the missing woman's story and formulating an opinion.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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Using their cap space as a way to double-up on assets for Monahan (both taking on his contract, and then trading him away) was a particularly savvy move that helped contribute to acquiring both Dobson and Hage.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Banks, transportation stocks, hotels and small-caps are cooking, helping to offset the cooling-off in several of the tech heavyweights that had large1ly led the S & P’s three-year, 80% advance.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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Some people were seen breaking or spray painting windows and state law enforcement officers wearing helmets and holding batons ordered the remaining group of fewer than 100 people to leave late Friday.—
Rebecca Santana,
Fortune,
10 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, the thin, stretch material is lightweight enough to layer under a helmet if needed.—
Alison Syrett Cleary,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Headdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headdress. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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