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Recent Examples of cockade
French revolutionaries pinned cockades to their clothes; suffragettes slung purple-and-green sashlike ribbons across their chests.
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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
Lafayette, on his return to France in 1779, was a hero with all the glamour of revolution clinging to his cockade, as charismatic as Che Guevara in the sixties, but with a better character.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
Later, the tricolour seeped out from the cockade into the broader political sphere and is now immortalised in the French flag, a symbol of national identity and unity.
—The Economist, 17 June 2020
In revolutionary France, the Marquis de Lafayette, the same French aristocrat who fought in the American revolutionary war, is said to have designed the red, blue and white cockade.
—The Economist, 17 June 2020
Nearly 500 costume makers and enthusiasts from around the world converged on the DoubleTree Hotel at Hazard Center this weekend for panels on makeup transformations, fun with fosshape, beginner embroidery and ribbon cockades.
—David Garrick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2018
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
Lafayette, on his return to France in 1779, was a hero with all the glamour of revolution clinging to his cockade, as charismatic as Che Guevara in the sixties, but with a better character.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
Later, the tricolour seeped out from the cockade into the broader political sphere and is now immortalised in the French flag, a symbol of national identity and unity.
—The Economist, 17 June 2020
In revolutionary France, the Marquis de Lafayette, the same French aristocrat who fought in the American revolutionary war, is said to have designed the red, blue and white cockade.
—The Economist, 17 June 2020
Nearly 500 costume makers and enthusiasts from around the world converged on the DoubleTree Hotel at Hazard Center this weekend for panels on makeup transformations, fun with fosshape, beginner embroidery and ribbon cockades.
—David Garrick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockade
Noun
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Bode tells Entertainment Weekly that the wardrobe team included a clever nod to Nessa's fate in the design of the coveted silver slippers.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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And while some organizers can be utilitarian in appearance, this one features a charming beadboard design and sleek silver hardware that can complement any home aesthetic.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The front badge is also lighted, while Cadillac’s signature vertical light blades adorn the front and rear.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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In its app, Perfect Game awards digital badges to players whose pitches are in the top velocity percentiles, gamifying a physically risky act and transforming it into bragging rights for teen-age boys.—
Lindsey Adler,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This travel timepiece is available in white and rose gold.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Investors continue to pull out of equities in search of traditional safe havens like gold.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In addition, last fall at the Toronto International Film Festival, Gomez wore a sequin black maxi halter gown with a rosette at the neck.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
27 Mar. 2025
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Tennyson will be buried in Wichita, and a rosette will be added to his name on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial to indicate that he has been accounted for.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In this era of college basketball, every year is like pushing the reset button.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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A little length, a little grace around the ankle, a belly button button—what's not to love?—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The bronze medalist on the domestic leaderboard isn't even a film.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Yuma Kagiyama from Japan struggled in the free skate but hung onto the bronze.—
Lawrence Yee,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Series stars Erin Krakow, Kevin McGarry, Jack Wagner, Chris McNally, Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith are all set to return.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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Camilla Row, the wife of Hallmark star Brennan Elliott, has died.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Detectives found a Ka-Bar brand leather knife sheath that included the U.S. Marine Corps stamped insignia at the crime scene in Moscow next to one of the victims and later discovered DNA on its button snap, according to a probable cause affidavit.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Mar. 2025
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For the smiley insignia here is the mark of notorious Happy Face serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Cockade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockade. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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