Capuchin
Definition of Capuchin
Cap`u`chin´ | n. | 1. | | | 1. | (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. | | 2. | A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. | | 3. | (Zool.) A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; - called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai. |
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