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aigrette definition

aigrette or aigret ai′gret′ (ā gret′, ā′gret′)

noun

  1. a bunch of the long, white, showy plumes of the egret, once worn for ornament on a hat or in the hair
  2. any ornament like this

Etymology: see egret

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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