WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bar•ret
(bar′it),USA pronunciation n.
- Clothinga small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- dialect, dialectal Italian barretta (Italian berretta) biretta
- French barrette, Middle French
- 1820–30
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