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Capuchin definition

Capu·chin (kap′yo̵̅o̅ s̸hin′, -c̸hin′; kə pyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

  1. a member of a branch (Friars Minor Capuchin) of the Franciscan order that adheres strictly to the original rule
  2. a woman's cloak with a hood
  3. any of a genus (Cebus) of New World monkeys with a nearly bare face and a hoodlike crown of hair

Etymology: Fr, monk who wears a cowl < It cappuchino, dim. of capuche

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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