callot
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English
6 letters
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A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson.
A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law. (b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets. (c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. To assume the calotte, to become a priest.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
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