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: a low soft felt hat with the crown creased lengthwise
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Welcome to Caid modern tailoring proclaimed a sign next to a silhouette of a man in a fedora toting a briefcase down an imaginary Madison Avenue.
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Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Harrison Ford has no regrets about donning Indiana Jones' famous fedora one last time.
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EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Rodrigues handcrafts all types of chapeaus, including fedoras and cowboy hats.
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Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
Amidst freezing temperatures, Saban donned an abnormally large fedora that immediately caught the attention of fellow panelists Pat McAfee, Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, and Rece Davis.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Fédora (1882), drama by V. Sardou
First Known Use
1883, in the meaning defined above
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“Fedora.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fedora. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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fedora
noun
fe·do·ra
fi-ˈdōr-ə
-ˈdȯr-
: a low soft felt hat with the crown creased lengthwise
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