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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Glengarry

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɡlɛnˈɡarri

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Glengarry/ɡlɛnˈɡæri/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #18500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Indossava un cappello Glengarry scozzese."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A traditional Scottish cap made of thick wool, usually decorated with a toorie on top and ribbons hanging down the back, worn traditionally as part of Scottish highland dress.

    "He wore a dark wool Glengarry adorned with his clan badge."
  2. 2

    A folded military side cap historically used by various regiments in the British Commonwealth.

    "The soldiers wore their crisp uniforms accompanied by regimental Glengarries."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Glengarry in Inverness-shire, Scotland, where the cap was traditionally worn by the Glengarry Fencibles, a regiment raised in 1794. The term evolved into a specific descriptor for the traditional Scottish cap without peaks or brims, widely adopted by military units and civilian pipers.

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