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epaulette

/ˈɛpəlɛt/

epaulette noun: an ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.

epaulette: an ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank
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Noun

epaulette (plural epaulettes)

  1. An ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.
    • He would have answered for it at the end of a quarter of an hour that some of the glass cases contained swords and epaulettes of ancient colonels and generals; medals and orders once pinned over hearts that had long since ceased to beat; […]1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    shoulder board, shoulder mark, shoulder strap
  2. A similar piece of trimming on a lady’s dress.
  3. A plate on the anterior wings of some insects.
    Synonyms:
    tegula
  4. The red patch on the shoulders of a red-winged blackbird.

epaulette meaning in Tamil, Persian and Thai

epaulette in Tamil

தோள்கச்சை, பெண்ணின் தோட்சட்டையணி

epaulette in Persian

ornamentation
سردوشی sarduši, پاگون pâgon

epaulette in Thai

ornamentation
อินทรธนู in-tá-nuu

Synonyms of epaulette

Forms of epaulette

pluralepaulettes
alternative formepaulet

Origin of epaulette

From French épaulette, from épaule (“shoulder”) + -ette (diminutive).

Words formed from epaulette

Phrases with epaulette

Questions about epaulette

What does epaulette mean?
Epaulette means an ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.
What is epaulette in Tamil?
Epaulette in Tamil is தோள்கச்சை, பெண்ணின் தோட்சட்டையணி. See Epaulette meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epaulette?
Epaulette is a noun.
How do you pronounce epaulette?
Epaulette is pronounced /ˈɛpəlɛt/.
What is the plural of epaulette?
The plural of epaulette is epaulettes.

Words near epaulette in the dictionary

  1. epaulet mates
  2. epaulet trevallies
  3. epaulet trevally
  4. epauleted
  5. epaulets
  6. epaulette
  7. epaulette mate
  8. epaulette mates
  9. epaulette shark
  10. epaulette sharks
  11. epauletted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epaulette (page history and authors); epaulette (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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