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The dancers wore ceremonial headdresses.
most of the acrobats riding the horses and elephants wore some sort of fancy headdress
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The poster focuses on a crumbling, brilliantly colored Art Deco bust of a showgirl, blue and purple hair flowing, a headdress featuring the title of the show and a small galaxy of stars.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
What To Know Chansley is one of the most recognizable figures from the riot, having become a poster boy with his horned headdress and red-white-and-blue face paint.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Chappell Roan did not deviate from her camp-meets-vintage aesthetic, wearing a voluminous vintage Jean Paul Gaultier gown from 2003, embellished with a screen print of Degas ballerinas on the skirt and topped by the ostrich-feather headdress that Gaultier used on that original runway.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
And in September, in the town of Cedarhurst, a protester was arrested and charged with wearing a kaffiyeh, a traditional Arab headdress.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
What To Know Chansley is one of the most recognizable figures from the riot, having become a poster boy with his horned headdress and red-white-and-blue face paint.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Chappell Roan did not deviate from her camp-meets-vintage aesthetic, wearing a voluminous vintage Jean Paul Gaultier gown from 2003, embellished with a screen print of Degas ballerinas on the skirt and topped by the ostrich-feather headdress that Gaultier used on that original runway.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
And in September, in the town of Cedarhurst, a protester was arrested and charged with wearing a kaffiyeh, a traditional Arab headdress.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for headdress
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“Headdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headdress. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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headdress
noun
head·dress
ˈhed-ˌdres 
: a covering or ornament for the head
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