Meanings
nounwar bonnet (plural war bonnets)
plural war bonnets
- A ceremonial headdress, decorated with a trailing extension of eagle feathers, worn by some Native American peoples.
In those battles there was the proud waving of eagle-feathered war bonnets and the strong courage of warriors who dared to carry a sacred buffalo shield, although a man who carried one was pledged not to retreat.
1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Scars of Honor; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 142
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 戰冠 /战冠
- 戰冠 /战冠 (zhàn guān)ceremonial headdress
Esperanto plumoplena kapvesto
- plumoplena kapvestoceremonial headdress
Finnish sotapäähine
- sotapäähineceremonial headdress
Polish pióropusz
- pióropuszceremonial headdress
Portuguese cocar
- cocarceremonial headdress
Russian перья на голове
- перья на голове (perʹja na golove)ceremonial headdress
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