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burgonets

burgonets is the plural of burgonet.

Meaning of burgonet

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

Questions about burgonets

What is burgonets the plural of?
Burgonets is the plural of burgonet.

Words near burgonets in the dictionary

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

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