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单词 tricorn
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tricorn

[ trahy-kawrn ]
/ ˈtraɪ kɔrn /

adjective

having three horns or hornlike projections; three-cornered.

noun

Also tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.

Origin of tricorn

1750–60; <Latin tricornis having three horns, equivalent to tri-tri- + corn(ū) horn + -is adj. suffix

Words nearby tricorn

tricolette, tricolor, tricolor camera, tricolored heron, tricolour, tricorn, tricornered, tricornute, tricostate, tricot, tricotine
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Example sentences from the Web for tricorn

  • Neither author, for instance, subjected readers to puffed-up cartoon versions of themselves sporting a tricorn hat.

    Rush Limbaugh Has No Business Teaching History to Our Kids|Michelle Cottle|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • But at least one man in the crowd, wearing an "End the Fed" T shirt and a tricorn hat argued for common cause with the Tea Party.

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  • Were there protest marches, mass donnings of tricorn hats, nullification threats from states regarding federal legislation?

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  • The right wing should ditch the tricorn hats and replace them with mirrored sunglasses.

    How Republicans Screwed the Pooch|Paul Begala|July 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for tricorn

tricorn
/ (ˈtraɪˌkɔːn) /

noun Also: tricorne

a cocked hat with opposing brims turned back and caught in three places
an imaginary animal having three horns

adjective Also: tricornered

having three horns or corners

Word Origin for tricorn

C18: from Latin tricornis, from tri- + cornu horn
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
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