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burgonet

UK/ˈbɜː.ɡəˌnɛt/US/ˈbɝ.ɡəˌnɛt/

burgonet noun: a light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.

Noun

burgonet (plural burgonets)

  1. (historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
    • He stroke so hugely with his borrowd blade, / That it empierst the Pagans burganet, / And cleauing the hard steele, did deepe inuade / Into his head […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of burgonet

pluralburgonets

Origin of burgonet

From Old French bourguignotte (modern bourguignote), from Bourgogne (“Burgundy”), perhaps influenced by Middle English burgon (“Burgundian”).

Words formed from burgonet

  • a similar helmet
  • but with a visor

Questions about burgonet

What does burgonet mean?
Burgonet means a light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
What part of speech is burgonet?
Burgonet is a noun.
How do you pronounce burgonet?
Burgonet is pronounced /ˈbɝ.ɡəˌnɛt/ (US).
What is the plural of burgonet?
The plural of burgonet is burgonets.

Words near burgonet in the dictionary

  1. burgomeister
  2. burgomeisters
  3. burgomistress
  4. burgomistresses
  5. Burgon
  6. burgonet
  7. burgonets
  8. Burgonian
  9. Burgonians
  10. burgoo
  11. Burgoon

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