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basnet

basnet is the archaic form of bascinet.

Meaning of bascinet

Noun

bascinet (plural bascinets)

  1. A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).

Proper noun capitalized: Basnet

Basnet (plural Basnets)

  1. A surname.

Forms of basnet

Noun
pluralbasnets
Proper noun
pluralBasnets

Questions about basnet

What does basnet mean?
Basnet means a surname.
What is basnet the archaic form of?
Basnet is the archaic form of bascinet.
What part of speech is basnet?
Basnet is a proper noun.

Words near basnet in the dictionary

  1. basmalas
  2. basmati
  3. basmati rice
  4. basmati rices
  5. basmatis
  6. basnet
  7. basnets
  8. Basnett
  9. Basnetts
  10. Basnight
  11. Basnights

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: basnet (page history and authors); Basnet (page history and authors); bascinet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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