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barret¹
Where it comes from
From French barrette, Late Latin barretum (“a cap”), from birrus (“hooded cape”). See berretta, and compare biretta.
noun barrets
- A kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers. His head was surmounted with a barret cap, while his hands, limbs, and feet were covered with garments of chamois leather, over which he in general wore the ponderoous and complete armour of his country.
- A floppy beret-like cap worn by musketeers. the maxillary muscles enormously developed, an infallible sign by which a Gascon may always be detected, even without his barret-cap — and our young man wore a barret-cap, set off with a sort of feather; the eye open and intelligent; the nose hooked, but finely chiselled.
- The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics; a biretta. The priestly leader wears the chasuble and stole, and often the pluvial besides; his head is covered with a barret.
Barret²
Where it comes from
Spelling variant of Barrett
proper noun Barrets
- A surname.
- A male given name from French. Ms. Murati sat down with Mr. Schoenholz and two other founders, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz.
Talk about this word "barret." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/barret. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. barret. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/barret "barret." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/barret.Cite this
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title = {barret},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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