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tulipant

tulipant noun: a turban.

Noun

tulipant (plural tulipants)

  1. (obsolete) A turban.
    • A youth […] came to meete vs; apparrelled in a long Roabe of cloth of Gold, and on his head a Shaſh or Tulipant of Silke and Gold, […]1634, T[homas] H[erbert], “Mount Taurus”, in A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC, page...

Forms of tulipant

pluraltulipants

Origin of tulipant

Borrowed from Turkish tülbent (/⁠tylˈbænt⁠/), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband), also the root of turban and tulip.

Questions about tulipant

What does tulipant mean?
Tulipant means a turban.
What part of speech is tulipant?
Tulipant is a noun.
What is the plural of tulipant?
The plural of tulipant is tulipants.

Words near tulipant in the dictionary

  1. tulip-like
  2. tulip-tree
  3. tulip-trees
  4. tulipanin
  5. Tulipano
  6. tulipant
  7. tulipants
  8. tulipiform
  9. tulipist
  10. tulipists
  11. tuliplike

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