hat

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A black overcoat of some stylish cut and a silk hat or crush or opera hat is also worn.

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  1. noun A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim.
  2. noun A head covering of distinctive color and shape worn as a symbol of office.
  3. noun The office symbolized by the wearing of such a head covering.
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  • À bientôt, my dear Emerson A neatly garbed male servant opened the door, and just in time too, for my hat was about to leave my head. —  52316_ApeWhoGuardsTheBalance
  • I do have to say that I love Mike Babcock, and his hat was absolutely amazing. —  Kuklas Korner
  • The second reason I like the version with the hat is the waiter in the background is somewhat distracting to me. —  Jeff Curto's Camera Position
  • I'm amused that you think something as fun as my hat should be a cause of shame.
  • I replied that my hat was a Fedora, not a Chasidic hat. —  EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL
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cap ·  coat ·  shoe ·  suit ·  trouser ·  collar ·  bag ·  helmet ·  hair ·  bonnet ·  costume ·  cloth

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English hæt, hætt.

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  1. from Middle English hat, hatte, from Anglo-Saxon hæt, plural hættas, a hat (variously glossed by L. pileus, galerus, mitra, tiara), = Icelandic höttr, hattr, a hood or cowl, = Swedish hatt = Danish hat, a hat; perhaps = Latin cassis (for *cadtis?), a helmet, akin to cāsa, a hut, later ult. English cassock and chasuble, q. v. Cf. Sanskrit √ chhad, cover, cover over. Not found in HG.; the G. hut, a hat, is different, = English hood; but there is prob. a remote connection: see hood and heed.
  2. from hat, n.
 

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