Haberdashed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Haberdashed is an adjective meaning Decorated with ribbons, trinkets, etc.
Meaning
Decorated with ribbons, trinkets, etc.
Example Sentences
When he showed that petulant old warhorse of an artist, Horace Vernet, haberdashed with medals, Nadar had no trouble revealing a seeker of official honors.
Toward the end of the masterly “Negro With a Hat” (as the Napoleonically haberdashed Garvey was derided by W. E. B. Du Bois), Garvey is quoted as having said: “We were the first Fascists.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ribboned, decorated, bullioned, ribanded, begemmed, gewgawed.
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