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[ hed-dres ] / ˈhɛdˌdrɛs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR headdress ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna covering or decoration for the head: a tribal headdress of feathers. a style or manner of arranging the hair. Origin of headdressFirst recorded in 1695–1705; head + dress Words nearby headdressheadcloth, head cold, head collar, head count, head dip, headdress, head-dropping test, headed, header, header bond, headfast Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for headdressIn 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation. 7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance|The Daily Beast|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST But some fashion-conscious Sikhs are reclaiming the individuality of their headdress. Celebrating Sikh Style|Soraya Roberts|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST He said he thought it “seemed right” to put his “sailors” in the headdress after seeing images of Sikh turbans. Celebrating Sikh Style|Soraya Roberts|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST Her beige niqab (a conservative Islamic headdress that shows only the eyes) was stained from hours of crying. The Morning After Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre|Sophia Jones|July 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Gbowee shook her head—wrapped, as usual, in a colorful African headdress —and sighed. 'It's Made My Voice Louder'|Leslie Bennetts|October 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST A preposterous form of headdress arose in the time of Henry IV. Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10)|Burleigh James Bartlett They also suspend in the headdress an entire skin of the paroquet. Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XIV|Edwin James He then put on the headdress and his ornamental clothes and stood up and asked his woman how he appeared in them. Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park|James Willard Schultz She herself removed her headdress, and one of her attendants gave her a cap into which she gathered her hair. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II.|James Anthony Froude The woman was in a thick blue frieze cape and elaborate Sunday headdress. A German Pompadour|Marie Hay
British Dictionary definitions for headdress
nounany head covering, esp an ornate one or one denoting a rank or occupation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to headdresshelmet, hat, turban, tiara, cap, crown, bonnet, coronet, hood, coiffure, biretta, toque, busby, miter, bandore |