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Stetson

American  
[stet-suhn] / ˈstɛt sən /
Trademark.

  1. a brand of felt hat with a broad brim and high crown, especially one worn as part of a cowboy's outfit.

Stetson British  
/ ˈstɛtsən /

noun

  1. a type of felt hat with a broad brim and high crown, worn mainly by cowboys

"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

Etymology

Origin of Stetson

C20: named after John Stetson (1830–1906), American hatmaker who designed it

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Stafford is at the far end of his career, Jimmy Garoppolo is a free agent contemplating retirement, and fourth-year pro Stetson Bennett has not played in a regular season game.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Five years and two colleges ago, playing for the Stetson Hatters in Florida, Johnston was a fairly typical basketball player.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Will 2026 be the year that Beyoncé sheds her Stetson and starts smashing guitars to smithereens?

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

The Stetson cowboy hat has been worn by everyone from General George Armstrong Custer to Beyoncé.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

So it may be that by the mid-1940s, when Stetson Kennedy was trying to bust up the Klan, it didn’t really need to use as much violence.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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