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epaulet
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Definition:A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.Note: In the United States service the epaulet is reserved for full dress uniform. Its use was abolished in the British army in 1855.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)---n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy—that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion.Ambose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
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The uniforms of the older men were embroidered in the old-fashioned way with epaulets on their shoulders;
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (1878)
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Here, our old sailors say, in their black seventy-fours great admirals sometimes sit at table, and lord it over rows of captains and lieutenants. Ha! what's this? epaulets! epaulets! the epaulets all come crowding.
Herman Melville. Moby Dick
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Prince Andrew, walking beside Bagration, could clearly distinguish their bandoliers, red epaulets, and even their faces.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman
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