Illustration of fez
plural fezzes also fezes
: a brimless cylindrical or somewhat cone-shaped hat with a flat top that usually has a tassel, is typically made of red felt, and is worn especially by men in eastern Mediterranean countries
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Just as thoughtful and painstaking is the service: upon arrival, our bags were whisked away by porters in delightful red cloaks and matching fez caps, and we were led up to a leafy seating area overlooking the city to complete our check-in over Moroccan mint tea.
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 July 2024
But as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry hints in The Little Prince, fault also lay with the Europeans, whose prejudices led them to see these reforms as necessary and, say, to take Turks in top hats more seriously than Turks in fezzes.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
Dart turned up wearing a banya hat—like a pointy fez that keeps your brain from boiling.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
His imagery can occasionally seem reductive: pretzels and beers in Munich; magic carpets, aliens wearing fezzes, and a genie in a bottle in Rabat.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 July 2024
But as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry hints in The Little Prince, fault also lay with the Europeans, whose prejudices led them to see these reforms as necessary and, say, to take Turks in top hats more seriously than Turks in fezzes.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
Dart turned up wearing a banya hat—like a pointy fez that keeps your brain from boiling.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
His imagery can occasionally seem reductive: pretzels and beers in Munich; magic carpets, aliens wearing fezzes, and a genie in a bottle in Rabat.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
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“Fez.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fez. Accessed 7 Sep. 2024.
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