Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The small white heron. See
egret . - noun A plume composed of feathers arranged in imitation of the feathers on the head of the heron, and worn on helmets or by ladies as a part of their head-dress, etc.
- noun A copy in jewelry of such a plume, often so made that the seeming feathers tremble with the movements of the wearer, causing the gems to sparkle.
- noun In botany, same as
egret . - noun In ichthyology, a labroid fish, Lachnolæmus maximus, better known as the hogfish (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The small white European heron. See
egret . - noun A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.
- noun (Bot.) A tuft like that of the egret.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
aigrette .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume
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Examples
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However, the man who took things in hand was Azeemoolah Khan, a tall, handsome, light-skinned exquisite in a cloth-of-gold coat and with a jewelled aigret in his turban, who stepped smiling across the carpet with his hand out.
Fiancée 2010
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Imam Shah was standing forward, addressing the screen, with the old ris-Naldar-major a pace behind; the golden standard lay before the throne on which little Dalip sat in lonely state, the tiny figure brave in crimson, and with the Koh-i-Noor ablaze in his aigret.
Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990
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However, the man who took things in hand was Azeemoolah Khan, a tall, handsome, light-skinned exquisite in a cloth-of-gold coat and with a jewelled aigret in his turban, who stepped smiling across the carpet with his hand out.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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However, the man who took things in hand was Azeemoolah Khan, a tall, handsome, light-skinned exquisite in a cloth-of-gold coat and with a jewelled aigret in his turban, who stepped smiling across the carpet with his hand out.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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An aigret in her hair twinkled knowingly above her coarse, painted face.
The Witness Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
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Masses of wavy dark hair were drawn loosely back from a brow of dazzling whiteness into a cluster of soft curls on top of the head, where it seemed to be caught by a jeweled aigret, which yet permitted tiny ringlets to escape about the temples and the nape of the snowy neck.
The Rose of Old St. Louis Mary Dillon
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On either side of the table sat his son and daughter, the latter handsomer than Faraday had ever seen her, her heavy dress of ivory-tinted silk no whiter than her neck, a diamond aigret trembling like spray in her hair.
The Spinner's Book of Fiction Various
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"Lads, that Seminole was carryin 'around on him over five hundred dollars' worth of white and pink aigret plumes."
The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades J. Watson [Illustrator] Davis
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And she had them -- not that the aigret incident is important; but it may serve to place the Greggs in their respective niches.
Cheerful—By Request Edna Ferber 1926
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And for a dress cut deckolett and an aigret in her hair, she would have swapped a halo and a set of wings.
We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914
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