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Ramillie

Ramillie is the alternative form of Ramilie.

Meaning of Ramilie

Proper noun

Ramilie

  1. (attributive, historical) Applied to various 18th-century fashions or articles of dress, especially a form of cocked hat, and a wig with a long plaited tail.
    • From an inner pocket he produces a costly Ramillies Wig, shakes it out in a brisk Cloud of scented Litharge, and claps it on, with a minimum of fuss, over his ascetic’s Crop.1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 227

Questions about Ramillie

What is Ramillie the alternative form of?
Ramillie is the alternative form of Ramilie.

Words near Ramillie in the dictionary

  1. ramifying
  2. ramigerous
  3. Ramik
  4. ramikite-(Y)
  5. Ramilie
  6. Ramillie
  7. Ramin
  8. Raminea
  9. raming
  10. raming over
  11. ramino

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