Definition of Headdress

Head´dress`   Pronunciation: hĕd´drĕs`
n.1.A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire; as, chiefs among the plains Indians had elaborate long headdresses with many feathers.
Among birds the males very often appear in a most beautiful headdress, whether it be a crest, a comb, a tuft of feathers, or a natural little plume.
- Addison.
2.A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.


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Afro, cap, chapeau, coif, coiffure, cold wave, conk, coverchief, haircut, hairdo, hairstyle, handkerchief, hat, headcloth, headgear, headpiece, headtire, headwear, home permanent, kerchief, lid, millinery, natural, permanent, permanent wave, process, wave

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