: an ornament (such as a rosette) usually worn on a hat as a badge

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French revolutionaries pinned cockades to their clothes; suffragettes slung purple-​and-​green sashlike ribbons across their chests. Alice Robb, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023 As a general and eventual emperor, Napoleon wore the cockade to symbolize his own revolutionary leadership. Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2023

Word History

Etymology

modification of French cocarde, from feminine of cocard vain, from coq cock, from Old French coc, of imitative origin

First Known Use

1709, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cockade was in 1709

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“Cockade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cockade. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

: an ornament (as a rosette) worn on the hat as a badge

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