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Ca·po·te  (k-pt), Truman 1924-1984.

American writer whose works include novels, stories, plays, and reportage. He introduced the genre of the nonfiction novel with In Cold Blood (1966).

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ca·pote  (k-pt)

n.

1. A long, usually hooded cloak or coat.

2. also (kä-pt) A large, usually purple and yellow cape used in maneuvering the bull especially during the initial stage of a bullfight.

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[French, from Old French capote, capette, diminutive of cape, cloak, from Medieval Latin cpa; see cape¹.]

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capote [kəˈpəʊt (French) kapɔt]

n

(Clothing & Fashion) a long cloak or soldier's coat, usually with a hood

[from French: cloak, from cape; see cape¹]

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Capote [kəˈpəʊtɪ]

n

(Biographies / Capote, Truman (1924-1984) M, US, WRITING: writer) Truman. 1924-84, US writer; his novels include Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) and In Cold Blood (1964), based on an actual multiple murder

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Noun	1.	capote - a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head hooded coat greatcoat, overcoat, topcoat - a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
	2.	capote - a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head hooded cloak cloak - a loose outer garment