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also képi
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Recent Examples of kepi
De Gaulle returned to Paris, walked the Champs-Élysées in his stiff kepi.
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Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
De Gaulle returned to Paris, walked the Champs-Élysées in his stiff kepi.
—Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
Top fashion points go to the German racewalkers, who appeared to be paying homage to the famous white kepi of the French Foreign Legion.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021
Gendarmes walk the streets wearing kepi hats; the supermarkets sell vacherin and fond de veau.
—Kate Holstein, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2020
Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
De Gaulle returned to Paris, walked the Champs-Élysées in his stiff kepi.
—Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
Top fashion points go to the German racewalkers, who appeared to be paying homage to the famous white kepi of the French Foreign Legion.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021
Gendarmes walk the streets wearing kepi hats; the supermarkets sell vacherin and fond de veau.
—Kate Holstein, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kepi
Noun
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Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.—
ROBERT F. WORTH,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2018
Noun
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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
Noun
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McCall’s banner also appears to cleverly usurp and subvert the aesthetics of European heraldry—indeed, its elegant design would look utterly correct on a beret, a medal, or a heater shield.—
Alex Jovanovich,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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Sartorially, Parisians are way beyond the cliché of a beret and a striped top, sipping café au lait at a sidewalk bistro.—
Gena Kaufman,
InStyle,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The company says its solution allows solar panels to be integrated directly into the hood, bonnet, and roof of a vehicle.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Their baby daughter is in-between them, wearing a white bonnet, pink stockings and a plaid onesie.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Soldiers from the Old Guard, wearing tricorne hats and bright-red uniforms, marched past, amid a flourish of fifes and drums.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Take out yer triangular hat (a tricorn), eye patch, brass earrings, shoulder parrot, sword and scabbard, hook for a hand, and peg for a leg.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Looking back on the experience, Costner recalls his costume being too big for him and his turban falling off.—
Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
8 Dec. 2025
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Search and rescue teams were not able to relocate the missing man, who was wearing a white turban and a black shirt, shorts and vest.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
25 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Some people even shared old photos of Indigenous peoples wearing the hoods, noting that the originators of the design kept the fur outward to break cold wind and trap snow.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The company says its solution allows solar panels to be integrated directly into the hood, bonnet, and roof of a vehicle.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Mitchell was the most quietly elegant of men, dressed in a costume—a homburg, a knitted vest, a tweed jacket—that seemed unchanged since the thirties, and speaking in a soft but confident North Carolina accent.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Kepi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kepi. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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