cockade
noun/kɒˈkeɪd/
/kɑːˈkeɪd/
- a decorated badge or an arrangement of ribbons, feathers, etc. that is worn in a hat to show military rank, that somebody is a member of a political party, etc.Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French cocarde, originally in bonnet à la coquarde, from the feminine of obsolete coquard ‘saucy’.
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