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kepi

noun

variants also képi

Definition of kepi

as in shako

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Recent Examples of kepi De Gaulle returned to Paris, walked the Champs-Élysées in his stiff kepi. — 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. — Vassi Chamberlain, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2020

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Noun

The exhibit featured photos of Oloyede commanding Florida A&M’s band, along with her uniform jacket and a tall major shako (military-style) hat.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025

Definition of shako

Noun

Otherwise, local sports programs, like bike advocacy groups focused on cycling or outdoor activities may accept helmet donations.

— Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
Note the flames used as decorative touches in the bedrooms, or the Formula 1 racing suit and helmet hanging in the primary suite.

— Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026

Definition of helmet

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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
Consider using a satin or silk bonnet and pillowcase to reduce friction, prevent breakage, and preserve your hairstyle while sleeping.

— Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 24 June 2026

Definition of bonnet

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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
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

Definition of tricorne

Noun

The caskets of his dead family members sat beneath Khamenei's, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

— NASSER KARIMI, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
The caskets of his family members sat beneath Khamenei’s, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

— Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of turban

Noun

The kitchen is equally expansive and capable of handling meals for a crowd with dark blue cabinetry and a custom range hood and étagères that were fabricated locally.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
The reverse-opening hood and signature quad exhaust pipes command your attention instantly.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 July 2026

Definition of hood

Noun

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
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

Definition of homburg

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