: a visorless usually woolen cap with a tight headband and a soft full flat top
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Williams’ ability to maintain his artist’s beret and paint palette to make magic happen on an open canvas will be key.—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025 Wearing a burgundy tux and trousers, Miller was sporting long hair and a beret, but did not stop for photographers on the carpet.—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 17 May 2025 My wife, Liz, served leg of lamb and insisted Curtis remove his ever-present beret before entering the apartment.—Ken Frydman, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025 There are others in the crowded race: Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, best known for wearing a beret while leading the Guardian Angels vigilante group; Cuomo, who could stay in the race on a third-party line; and former prosecutor Jim Walden, running as an independent.—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for beret
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Etymology
French béret, from Gascon berret, from Old Occitan, cap — more at biretta
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