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barrette

noun
/bəˈɹɛt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French barrette, from barre (“a bar”) + -ette, literally a small bar.

  1. borrowed from barrette

Definitions

  1. A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair.

  2. A bar used to mount medals of chivalric orders.

  3. Synonym of katepimeron.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To put (hair) into a barrette.

      • The standing woman is overweight, with scraped-back and barretted bleach- blond hair and a jowly face of detonated capillaries.
      • With her barretted white hair, blue eyes, and deep green sweater, Victoria is as perfectly put together as ever.
      • She pulled her long hair up and barretted it so that her long exotic earrings put the finishing touch to her exquisite appearance.

    2. A surname from French.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA