📚 noun • entry_id 52135
bicorn
/ˈbaɪkɔːn/
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bicornio
A two-cornered hat, worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.
Just last Sunday, one of the estimated 20 surviving bicorne hats worn by Napoleon was sold at auction for €1.9mn, a price that vindicates the famous epigram, attributed to the empe…
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