be-helmeted

A form of behelmeted — Synonym of helmeted.

Meanings

adjectivebe-helmeted (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of behelmeted.

    The photo of Michael Dukakis be-helmeted in the tank would pass into history.

    2014 June 6, Joe Queenan, “What Others Are Saying”, in Chicago Tribune, 166th year, number 157, Chicago, Ill., page 20
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    I’VE had a mixed motoring week which will at once endear me to the growing legions of Greenies — and bring their wrath down on my be-helmeted head.

    1997 August 13, “From silent might to ghastly guzzling”, in Evening Standard, London, page 51

    A tourist who had somehow wandered into the Civic Center from the Tenderloin saw the be-helmeted, truncheon-toting SWAT squad posted in front of the museum and said, “This is a city that protects its culture.”

    2003 March 21, P.J. Corkery, “It’s Friday … yesss!”, in The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Calif., page 3
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APA

be-helmeted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be-helmeted

MLA

“be-helmeted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be-helmeted. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be-helmeted,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be-helmeted.

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