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fez

1

[ fez ]

noun

, plural fez·zes.
  1. a felt cap, usually of a red color, having the shape of a truncated cone, and ornamented with a long black tassel, worn by men in Egypt and North Africa: formerly the national headdress of the Turks.


Fez

2

[ fez ]

noun

  1. a city in N Morocco: formerly one of the traditional capitals of the sultanate in the former French zone.

Fez

1

/ fɛz /

noun

  1. a variant of Fès
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


fez

2

/ fɛz /

noun

  1. an originally Turkish brimless felt or wool cap, shaped like a truncated cone, usually red and with a tassel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • fezzed, adjective
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Other Words From

  • fezzy adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fez1

1795–1805; < Turkish fes, after Fes Fez
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fez1

C19: via French from Turkish, from Fez
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Example Sentences

Mutton Tagine in Zaita, Morocco This photo was taken at a tiny roadside town on the drive to Fez.

Turns out the guy was a plant from the Ron & Fez Show on Sirius XM Radio.

Sometimes the man in the fez, hardly able to hold himself upright, would bring them home frightfully sick.

He was dressed in a white fez and turban, white shirt and trousers, a black gown trimmed with red, and a green cloak over all.

At the same moment a portly Turk, in a red fez cap, pressed forward.

I buckled on the sabre, and Gregorios set the fez carefully on my head.

A native costume was the thing—and a fez which would hide the plaster on his head.

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