English Explanatory Dictionary

barret

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.
  2. A floppy beret-like cap worn by musketeers.
  3. The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics; a biretta.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name from French.

Word forms

barret barrets

Etymology

From French barrette, Late Latin barretum (“a cap”), from birrus (“hooded cape”). See berretta, and compare biretta.

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