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AIGRETTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aigrette mean?
• AIGRETTE (noun)
The noun AIGRETTE has 1 sense:
1. a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume
Familiarity information: AIGRETTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
aigret; aigrette
Hypernyms ("aigrette" is a kind of...):
plume (a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament)
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