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cuirassed

cuirassed adjective: wearing a cuirass. Also the simple past and past participle of cuirass.

Adjective

cuirassed (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a cuirass.
  2. (archaic) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; said of certain fishes.

Also used as

cuirassed is also the simple past and past participle of cuirass.

Origin of cuirassed

From cuirass + -ed.

Questions about cuirassed

What does cuirassed mean?
Cuirassed means wearing a cuirass.
What part of speech is cuirassed?
Cuirassed is an adjective.

Words near cuirassed in the dictionary

  1. cuir bouilli
  2. cuir-bouilli
  3. cuir-bouilly
  4. cuirass
  5. cuirasse
  6. cuirassed
  7. cuirassement
  8. cuirassements
  9. cuirasses
  10. cuirassier
  11. cuirassiers

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