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Berretta
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Berretta has 1 sense
- berretta(n = noun.artifact) biretta, birretta - a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy; Array is a kind of cap
CIDE DICTIONARY
Berretta, n. [It., fr. LL. birrettum, berretum, a cap, dim. of L. birrus, birrum, a cloak to keep off rain, cf. Gr. tawny, red: cf. Sp. birreta, Pg. barrete, and E. Barret.].
A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. [1913 Webster]
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