kepi
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- noun
- /ˈkɛpi/
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kepi
- In the museum, a display showcased the traditional kepi worn by French officers during the 19th century.
- kepi cap
Examples
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When my freedom is in danger, I will put on my Confederate kepi, grab a rifle, and give my mom her 26th bar in the UDC. But sorry to say, the biggest danger to American freedom is the US government.
Blog text (18) -
Infantry troops still wore the kepi, the blue tunic and great coat and red trousers.
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Kepi says:
Blog text (8) -
Where's your kepi?
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His uniform had three golden stripes, a braided kepi fit perfectly on his large head, and a pair of vitreous eyes peered at us.
Fiction book (1993) -
In 1956, the Pandora showed freshmen wearing the kepi rat cap or, in the case of females, the beanie.
Academic text (2013) -
The kepi had a black body with a red band around the front and a black leather-like band on top held in place by two brass buttons and a hard, black, military-style visor.
Academic text (2013) -
53D: Zouave headgear (KEPI) -- no idea what Zouave is, but I nailed this no problem.
Blog text (26) -
The kepi (a soldier's cap) was red and black, had a hard, black, military-style visor, a red round top with a large black "G" in the middle, and class numerals in red fabric on the cap's back band.
Academic text (2013) -
The Confederate kepi freshman cap was one more manifestation of a trend of using Confederate imagery as a symbol of what the historian Anthony James calls "militaristic resistance to integration." 41
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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A hat with a flat round top and a stiff front that sticks out, worn by police or army
A flat round hat with a visor that people wear with a military or official uniform
A cap with a flat round top and a short visor worn on boats
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kepi comes from the French képi, which came from an old German word Käppchen meaning 'little cap'. So think of a small, flat-top cap with a short visor — that is exactly what a kepi is.