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fascinators

fascinators is the plural of fascinator.

Meaning of fascinator

Noun

fascinator (plural fascinators)

  1. (literal) A fascinating person or thing.
    • A more repellent personality would be hard to imagine, and yet Hedda Gabler is one of the eternal fascinators of the world stage.2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, in New York Times
  2. A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women.
    • Westminster Abbey was peppered with everything from neat pillbox hats to netted fascinators.2023 May 6, Chloe Mac Donnell, “Coronation fashion sprang few surprises – but all eyes were on Penny Mordaunt”, in The Guardian
  3. (US, dated) A type of wool or lace headscarf.

Questions about fascinators

What is fascinators the plural of?
Fascinators is the plural of fascinator.

Words near fascinators in the dictionary

  1. fascinatingly
  2. fascinatingness
  3. fascination
  4. fascinations
  5. fascinator
  6. fascinators
  7. fascinatress
  8. fascinatresses
  9. fascine
  10. fascine knife
  11. fascine knives

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