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or tricorn
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Recent Examples of tricorne
Soldiers from the Old Guard, wearing tricorne hats and bright-red uniforms, marched past, amid a flourish of fifes and drums.
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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
Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.
—Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
Jamie looks dapper and colonial, walking through Edinburgh on his way to work, tricorne and all.
—Roxane Gay, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017
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
Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.
—Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
Jamie looks dapper and colonial, walking through Edinburgh on his way to work, tricorne and all.
—Roxane Gay, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tricorne
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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Pinochet himself was protected by the boinas negras, the black berets, an elite military group.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Paterson seemed to have the diva crown clinched until Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels and another mayoral hopeful, showed up in his red beret.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Beckham posts regular beauty tutorials from home, wearing nothing but a robe and towel turban.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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The post-Shah state was a mishmash of neckties and turbans, with Bazargan as Prime Minister and Khomeini hovering somewhere above.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The White House has also continued to troll House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries with AI videos portraying Jeffries in a sombrero and fake mustache.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The video portrayed Jeffries wearing a sombrero and mustache and depicted Schumer repeating a Republican attack line that Democrats shut down the government to secure free health care for undocumented immigrants, a claim that Democrats have pushed back on.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Beef fat adds ricness to the briney seafood, and a Scotch bonnet chile ties it all together.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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The brine of bottarga and spice of Scotch bonnet cut through the richness to balance out this dip that is a real treat to kick off your meal.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now the first American Pope, is seen here receiving his biretta from Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2023.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
28 Nov. 2020
Noun
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Pugsley is a pug wearing a fez.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
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John Cena fez a alegria dos fãs mexicanos ao vestir máscara de Lucha Libre no Palco Omelete.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tricorne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tricorne. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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