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barret
bar·ret
[
bárrət
]
(
plural
bar·rets
)
noun
Definition:
kind of flat hat:
a flat hat similar in shape to a biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by members of the clergy and soldiers
[
Early 19th century. Via French
barrette
< Italian
berretta
(see
biretta
)
]
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