: wearing a cape
… had degenerated into one dreary cartoon after another about some caped superhero with a square jaw and no visible sense of humor.—
David Handler
—used especially in referring to the fictional superhero Batman as "the Caped Crusader"David HandlerBatman … developed from the stygian vigilante of the thirties into the campy Caped Crusader of the sixties, only to end up a neurotic avenger in the eighties.—Wigwag
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The look brought to mind Princess Charlotte's caped outfit at her grandfather King Charles' coronation.
—Tracy Wright, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
The actor, who plays Bruce Wayne — the Gotham City billionaire playboy by day and caped vigilante by night, also known as Batman — in the latest live-action iteration of the DC Comics character, is set to return for The Batman: Part II.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Models unsnapped and deconstructed their airy, caped coats to resemble shapes held by moving, robotic arms on the runway.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
One of Batman's biggest legacies though is in film, where the caped crusader has headlined almost a dozen feature length productions.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Tracy Wright, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
The actor, who plays Bruce Wayne — the Gotham City billionaire playboy by day and caped vigilante by night, also known as Batman — in the latest live-action iteration of the DC Comics character, is set to return for The Batman: Part II.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Models unsnapped and deconstructed their airy, caped coats to resemble shapes held by moving, robotic arms on the runway.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
One of Batman's biggest legacies though is in film, where the caped crusader has headlined almost a dozen feature length productions.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Caped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caped. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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