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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 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

In another sequence, a compact camera rig mounted on a helmet captured Tom Holland’s performance from near his face, with a blurry red shape added in compositing to suggest the inside of his mask.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
One is that with the noise in the tank, the crew will have to use the sort of personal helmet microphones as used by helicopter pilots.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of helmet

Noun

In the image shared with her more than 1 million Instagram followers, a smiling Mitchell wore a red beret and sunglasses, and extra stars and stripes pinned to her cardigan lapel.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Dressed in a black waistcoat and knee-high boots, Madonna traded verses with Carpenter, who wore a glittery ensemble along with a beret.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of beret

Noun

Patrolling in pairs and marked by their black patent leather tricorn hats, the Guardia Civil sometimes forced refugees back into France but more often threw them into spartan jails until the British or the American consul sent for them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
Elsewhere, Washington is portrayed astride a horse or atop a column; shirtless, in classical garb, or, more commonly, in a long coat and tricorn.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 July 2026

Definition of tricorne

Noun

The artwork introduced tension between Indigenous traditions and Western conventions through the inclusion of Mai’s robe, turban and hand tattoos.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Most Popular Elated, Singh placed the gem on his turban and paraded it through the streets of Lahore for all his subjects to see.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of turban

Noun

Police fired tear gas and water cannons to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks, paving stones and other objects at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
In the southern port city of Marseille, some protesters briefly forced their way into the lobby of City Hall and a group of people wearing hoods and masks damaged a police station.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 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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