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  • noun Plural form of plumassier.

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  • Another corps of royal plumassiers supplied the white-feathered panaches that became emblems of the new Bourbon dynasty.10

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Another corps of royal plumassiers supplied the white-feathered panaches that became emblems of the new Bourbon dynasty.10

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • For Thom Browne's show, a single hat became the signifying design gesture: flat-crowned, the color of ground nutmeg, the modified boater made from feathers was a testament to Mr. Browne's affection for the fast-disappearing skills of artisans everywhere, in this case of the feather craftsmen known as plumassiers.

    NYT > Home Page By GUY TREBAY 2011

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