: a visorless usually woolen cap with a tight headband and a soft full flat top
Examples of beret in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebNatasha Poly and Pom Klementieff took on the 1980s chapter in black leather berets, while Sabrina Carpenter repped the 1940s in a Jacquemus headscarf.—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 June 2024 Titled Femme au beret (1938), the painting depicting a young blonde-haired Marie-Thérèse is expected to fetch $20 million.—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2021 The cadets run through the halls, their uniforms clean and crisp, their long hair pulled back into buns beneath their berets.—Aeyliya Husain, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2014 The year before, Newton, the party’s co-founder and Minister of Defense, had collaborated with fellow Panther Eldridge Cleaver and the photographer Blair Stapp to stage a portrait of himself in a black leather jacket and a tipped beret, holding a shotgun in one hand and a spear in the other.—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for beret
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Word History
Etymology
French béret, from Gascon berret, from Old Occitan, cap — more at biretta
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