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noun
A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A bearskin or busby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
The squilla or mantis shrimp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bearskin, busby
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Broader terms: hat, chapeau, lid
History
Borrowed from French shako, from Hungarian csákó (“cylindrical military dress hat worn by the Hungarian hussars from the 18th century to World War I”).
From Japanese 蝦蛄 (shako), ultimately from Chinese 蝦蛄 /虾蛄 (xiāgū).
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
