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feather in one's cap

feather in one's cap noun: an accomplishment; particularly one that is flaunted or boasted of.

Noun

feather in one's cap (plural feathers in one's cap)

  1. (idiomatic) An accomplishment; particularly one that is flaunted or boasted of.
    • He thinks it is quite a feather in his cap that he figured it out for himself.
    • And contrary to his own Expectation, as well as that of every Body else, when he came to Court, the seven and twentieth of July, the Staff was taken from him, rather with mortifying, than agreeable Circumstances ; When a considerable Pension, or at least a Feather in his Cap, was the least that was...1736, Thomas Lediard, The Life of John, Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see feather, cap.
    • He wore a feather in his cap, and wagg'd it too often.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Belgium

feather in one's cap meaning in Telugu

feather in one's cap in Telugu

recognized accomplishment
కీర్తికిరీటంలో కలికితురాయి kīrtikirīṭaṁlō kalikiturāyi

Synonyms of feather in one's cap

Forms of feather in one's cap

pluralfeathers in one's cap

Origin of feather in one's cap

The placing of a feather in a hat has been a symbol of achievement that has arisen in several cultures, apparently independently. The English writer and traveller Richard Hansard recorded it in his Description of Hungary, 1599: "It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none should wear a fether but he who had killed a Turk, to whom onlie yt was lawful to shew the number of his slaine enemys by the number of fethers in his cappe." The Native American tradition of adding a feather to the head-dress of any warrior who performed a brave act is well known.

Questions about feather in one's cap

What does feather in one's cap mean?
Feather in one's cap means an accomplishment; particularly one that is flaunted or boasted of.
What is feather in one's cap in Telugu?
Feather in one's cap in Telugu is కీర్తికిరీటంలో కలికితురాయి (kīrtikirīṭaṁlō kalikiturāyi). See Feather in one's cap meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is feather in one's cap?
Feather in one's cap is a noun.
What is the plural of feather in one's cap?
The plural of feather in one's cap is feathers in one's cap.

Words near feather in one's cap in the dictionary

  1. feather edger
  2. feather edgers
  3. feather edges
  4. feather edging
  5. feather grass
  6. feather in one's cap
  7. feather merchant
  8. feather merchants
  9. feather one's nest
  10. feather one's own nest
  11. feather ore

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