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cape ann

cape ann noun: an oilskin cap whose brim is longer in back than in front, designed to repel wind and rain.

Noun

cape ann (plural cape anns)

  1. (Canada) An oilskin cap whose brim is longer in back than in front, designed to repel wind and rain.
    Synonyms:
    sou'wester

Proper noun capitalized: Cape Ann

Cape Ann

  1. A rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts.

Synonyms of cape ann

Forms of cape ann

pluralcape anns

Origin of cape ann

Named after Cape Ann.

Named by King Charles I in honour of his mother Anne of Denmark.

Questions about cape ann

What does cape ann mean?
Cape ann means an oilskin cap whose brim is longer in back than in front, designed to repel wind and rain.
What part of speech is cape ann?
Cape ann can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cape ann?
The plural of cape ann is cape anns.

Words near cape ann in the dictionary

  1. capcom
  2. capcoms
  3. CAPD
  4. Capdenac
  5. cape
  6. cape ann
  7. cape anns
  8. Cape ash
  9. Cape ashes
  10. Cape Barren geese
  11. Cape Barren goose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cape ann (page history and authors); Cape Ann (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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