Helen Fenton

Aigrette: Definition and part of speech

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Aigrette

  1. n. A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.
  2. n. The small white European heron. See Egret.
  3. n. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.
  4. n. A tuft like that of the egret.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aid-de-camp: Definition and part of speech

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Aid-de-camp

  1. n. An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.