Word of the Day 07/08/22 Cockade

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Cockade (noun)
cockade [ ko-keyd ]

noun
1. a rosette, knot of ribbon, etc., usually worn on the hat as part of a uniform, as a badge of office, or the like.

OTHER WORDS FROM COCKADE
cock·ad·ed, adjective

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1650–60; cockade (also cockard), from French cocarde “a knot of ribbons, cockade” (from its resemblance to a cock's crest), from Middle French cocquard “boastful, silly, cocky” (like the boastful behavior of a rooster), from coc “rooster, cock”; see cock + -arde -ard

HOW TO USE COCKADE IN A SENTENCE
On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)|CHARLES JAMES WILLS

We are drawing near the chateau, and you might as well wear a cockade tricolor as let them hear that.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846|VARIOUS

He rather prided himself on the way he played his part, and wore the tri-color cockade with an air of conviction.
THE LIGHT THAT LURES|PERCY BREBNER

Graceful vainly endeavored to recall him to life; then, bemoaning his fate, he fastened him with a pin to his hat like a cockade.
LABOULAYE'S FAIRY BOOK|VARIOUS

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