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Definition: Epaulet |
EpauletNoun1. Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "epaulet" was first used: 1783. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy -- that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | For a man to dream of wearing epaulets, if he is a soldier, denotes his disfavor for a time, but he will finally wear honors. For a woman to dream that she is introduced to a person wearing epaulets, denotes that she will form unwise attachments, very likely to result in scandal. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Mining | A five-sided step-cut gem resembling a shoulder ornament (epaulet) inoutline. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: EpauletSynonym: epaulette (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor. |
Ornament | Tassel, knot; shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog; star, rosette, bow; feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette. |
Title | Decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one,s cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Epaulet |
| English words defined with "epaulet": Ailette ♦ Shoulder knot. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Epaulet" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (epaulet). |
Expression using "epaulet": epaulet epaulette. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "epaulet": epaulet-laden. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
epaulet | 16 |
epaulet shirt | 5 |
epaulet safari shirt | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "epaulet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | spaletë (epaulette, shoulder loop). (various references) | |
Arabic | كتاف (epaulette), الكتفية (epaulette). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | еполет (epaulette), пагон (epaulette, shoulder strap, shoulder-mark). (various references) | |
Czech | epoleta (epaulette). (various references) | |
Dutch | schouderbedekking, epaulet. (various references) | |
Esperanto | epoleto. (various references) | |
French | épaulette (epaulet epaulette, epaulette). (various references) | |
German | Achselstück (epaulette). (various references) | |
Greek | επωμίσ, επωμίδα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | כותפת. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vállpánt (epaulette, scale, shoulder loop). (various references) | |
Italian | spallina (shoulder strap, strap). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 肩 (epaulette, shoulder strap). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かたあて (shoulder reinforcement), け"しょう (charter, displaying, energy, epaulette, good health, honouring, inspection, manifesting, offering prizes, pep, refer to modestly, revealing or demonstrating the truth, reward, sheath of tendon, shoulder strap, spirit, verification, winning). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | epauletay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dragona (shoulder-strap). (various references) | |
Russian | эполет (epaulette). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | naramenica (epaulette, shoulder strap). (various references) | |
Spanish | charretera (epaulette). (various references) | |
Swedish | epålett (epaulette). (various references) | |
Turkish | omuzluk (epaulette), apolet (epaulette, shoulder strap). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | еполет (epaulette). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | spathe. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | spatula. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "epaulet": epaulets, epaulette, epauletted, epaulettes. (additional references) | |
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"Epaulet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eautel, epautet, epautlet, epitlet, epual, esaulet, Etajul, Ezpeleta, optulit, Paulet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-p-t-u" | |
-1 letter: eluate. | |
-2 letters: elate, elute, etape, leapt, lepta, letup, lutea, palet, petal, plate, pleat, taupe, telae, tepal. | |
-3 letters: alee, late, leap, leet, lept, lute, pale, pate, peal, peat, peel, pele, pelt, plat, plea, pula, pule, tael, tale, tape, teal, teel, tela, tele, tepa, tule. | |
-4 letters: ale, alp, alt, ape, apt, ate, eat, eau, eel, eta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-p-t-u" | |
+1 letter: epaulets, peculate. | |
+2 letters: epaulette, exculpate, outleaped, peculated, peculates, perpetual, petulance, plateaued, prelature, reputable, speculate. | |
+3 letters: antepenult, depopulate, epauletted, epaulettes, exculpated, exculpates, operculate, pediculate, perceptual, permutable, petulances, prelatures, repopulate, speculated, speculates. | |
+4 letters: antepenults, counterplea, depopulated, depopulates, encapsulate, eucalyptole, expostulate, operculated, pediculates, pedunculate, penultimate, perambulate, perpetually, perturbable, petulancies, plateresque, prefectural, prematurely, prepubertal, purpleheart, reduplicate, repopulated, repopulates, speculative, superaltern, superlative. | |
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