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trilby
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun trilby has 2 senses
- trilby(n = noun.person) Array - singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali; Array is a kind of character, fictional character, fictitious character
- trilby(n = noun.artifact) fedora, felt hat, homburg, stetson - a hat made of felt with a creased crown; Array is a kind of chapeau, hat, lid
OXFORD DICTIONARY
trilby, n. (pl. -ies) Brit. a soft felt hat with a narrow brim and indented crown.
Derivative
trilbied adj.
Etymology
name of the heroine in G. du Maurier's novel Trilby (1894), in the stage version of which such a hat was worn
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