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Synonyms for kepi

Grammar : Noun
Spell : key-pee, kep-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkeɪ pi, ˈkɛp i

Définition of kepi

Origin :
  • soldier's peaked cap, 1861, from French képi, from German Swiss käppi, diminutive of German Kappe "a cap," from Late Latin cappa "hood, cap" (see cap).
  • As in helmet : noun headgear
Example sentences :
  • And he dropped the gold coins into the kepi that Jean held out to him.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Everywhere, thanks to the prince's kepi, they were received with open arms.
  • Extract from : « Tartarin de Tarascon » by Alphonse Daudet
  • The officer touched his "kepi" politely and seemed rather astonished.
  • Extract from : « In the Foreign Legion » by Erwin Rosen
  • But he had a "kepi," and shining buttons, and some gold lace on his collar.
  • Extract from : « The Son of a Servant » by August Strindberg
  • He waved his kepi several times that they might see him better.
  • Extract from : « The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse » by Vicente Blasco Ibanez
  • At sight of Marie, much to her alarm, as though greeting a dear friend, he snatched his kepi from his head and sprang toward her.
  • Extract from : « Somewhere in France » by Richard Harding Davis
  • Malet would have raised the kepi of one of the captains with a bullet, and he would have done well.
  • Extract from : « Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris » by Henry Labouchre
  • Monsieur sticks his kepi on one side of his head, and struts and swaggers along the Boulevard as though he were a bantam cock.
  • Extract from : « Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris » by Henry Labouchre
  • Kepi, kep′i, n. a flat-topped forage-cap with a straight peak.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • He shook hands with Ormsgill, and then taking off his kepi drew forward a chair.
  • Extract from : « Long Odds » by Harold Bindloss

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