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deshret

deshret noun: a red crown of Ancient Egypt symbolizing control over Lower Egypt.

deshret: a red crown of Ancient Egypt symbolizing control over Lower Egypt
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Noun

deshret (plural deshrets)

  1. A red crown of Ancient Egypt symbolizing control over Lower Egypt.
    • Deshret This red, chair-shaped crown indicated that Tut was ruler of Lower Egypt. Gods and goddesses also wore deshrets, but without the cobra. Tut would mainly wear his deshret to really important ceremonies (he would certainly never be seen wearing it to do the dishes).2007, Michael Cox, “King Tutankhamun – ruler of every subject under the sun!”, in Tutankhamun and His Tombful of Treasure (Horribly Famous), London: Scholastic Children’s Books, published 2012...
    • The deshrets of the rest of the Legion were polished and plumed with gold and amethyst.2010 March, Graham McNeill, “Skarssen / The Demands of War / Wyrdmake”, in A Thousand Sons: All Is Dust… (The Horus Heresy; 12), Nottingham, Notts.: Black Library, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Red Crown

Examples of deshret in a sentence

  • She [Neith] was a war goddess and huntress whose regalia included a deshret, or red crown, which symbolized Lower Egypt and the fertile Nile basin.2019, Rand Flem-Ath, Rose Flem-Ath, “The Widow’s Son”, in The Murder of Moses: How an Egyptian Magician Assassinated Moses, Stole His...
  • On the other side, the ruler sports a deshret from Lower Egypt as he surveys his fallen foes.2022 May–June, “Narmer: First Pharaoh of Egypt”, in Amy E. Briggs, editor, National Geographic History, volume 8, number 2, Washington...

Synonyms of deshret

Forms of deshret

pluraldeshrets

Origin of deshret

Learned borrowing from Egyptian S-r:t*-S3 (dšrt), from S-r-G27 (dšr, “red”) with S3 as determinative + t (-t, feminine ending), thus literally meaning “the red one”.

Questions about deshret

What does deshret mean?
Deshret means a red crown of Ancient Egypt symbolizing control over Lower Egypt.
How do you use deshret in a sentence?
She [Neith] was a war goddess and huntress whose regalia included a deshret, or red crown, which symbolized Lower Egypt and the fertile Nile basin.
What part of speech is deshret?
Deshret is a noun.
What is the plural of deshret?
The plural of deshret is deshrets.

Words near deshret in the dictionary

  1. deshopper
  2. deshoppers
  3. deshopping
  4. Deshpande
  5. Deshpandes
  6. deshret
  7. deshrets
  8. deshuffle
  9. deshuffled
  10. deshuffler
  11. deshufflers

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