Library / English Dictionary

TRILBY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hat made of felt with a creased crown

Synonyms:

fedora; felt hat; homburg; Stetson; trilby

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trilby" is a kind of...):

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

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