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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 plumeplay

  Familiarity information: AIGRETTE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AIGRETTE (noun)


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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