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mambrino

mambrino noun: a medieval iron hat.

Noun

mambrino (plural mambrinos)

  1. (attributive, obsolete) A medieval iron hat.
    • Even the better class of people put up with very bad hats or mambrinos of all shapes and sizes.1865, The Eagle: A Magazine Support by Members of St. John's College
    • The women, in white smocks and blue petticoats, walked barefoot in the mud and boulders, carrying their yellow boots with red heels in their hands. The long locks of each man falling from beneath his Mambrino hat, looked as if each of them had just taken a bath, but this appearance was due only to...1840-45, Roderick Murchison, quoted in 2010, Michael Collie, Science on Four Wheels: The Travels of Roderick Murchison (1840-45)

Forms of mambrino

pluralmambrinos

Origin of mambrino

In reference to an incident in Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha, where a barber uses his brass basin to protect his hat from the rain; Don Quixote believes this basin to be the enchanted helmet of the Moorish king Mambrino.

Questions about mambrino

What does mambrino mean?
Mambrino means a medieval iron hat.
What part of speech is mambrino?
Mambrino is a noun.
What is the plural of mambrino?
The plural of mambrino is mambrinos.

Words near mambrino in the dictionary

  1. mamboing
  2. Mambookie
  3. Mambookies
  4. mambos
  5. Mambourin
  6. mambrino
  7. mambrinos
  8. Mambucki
  9. Mambuckis
  10. Mambuki
  11. Mambukis

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