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Definitions for cockade
kɒˈkeɪdcock·ade

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cockadenoun

    an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat

Wiktionary

  1. cockadenoun

    A rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cockadenoun

    A ribband worn in the hat.

    Etymology: from cock.

Wikipedia

  1. Cockade

    A cockade is a knot of ribbons, or other circular- or oval-shaped symbol of distinctive colours which is usually worn on a hat or cap.

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  1. cockade

    A cockade is a rosette or knot of ribbons or other material, usually worn on a hat as a badge of office or party, as part of a uniform, or as a symbol of some political or social group. Especially popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, they were often designed to use specific colors or patterns representing specific sides or ideals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cockadenoun

    a badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer

  2. Etymology: [F. cocarble, fr. coquard vain, OF. coquart, fr. coq cock, prob. of imitative origin. The ornament is so named from its resemblance to the crest of a cock. Cf. Coquette.]

Wikidata

  1. Cockade

    A cockade is a knot of ribbons, or other circular- or oval-shaped symbol of distinctive colors which is usually worn on a hat.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. cockade

    First worn by St. Louis on his unfortunate crusade.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. cockade

    (Fr. cocarde). The word signified originally a cocked-hat, or a hat with the broad flap looped up on one side, and then applied to the knot of ribbon with which the loop is ornamented. The word is now, however, restricted to signify an appendage worn on the hat of military and naval officers.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Cockade

    From the party badge originally displayed on a cocked hat. See “Knocked into a Cocked Hat.”

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cockade in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cockade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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