cockade

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  • Noun:
    an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat

Word Origin

cockade (n.)
1709, earlier cockard (1650s), from French cocarde (16c.), fem. of cocard (Old French cocart) "foolishly proud, cocky," as a noun, "idiot, fool;" an allusive extension from coq (see cock (n.1)).

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