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sombrero

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som·bre·ro  (sm-brâr, sm-)
n. pl. som·bre·ros
A large straw or felt hat with a broad brim and tall crown, worn especially in Mexico and the American Southwest.
[Spanish, perhaps from sombra, shade, probably from sombrar, to shade, from Late Latin subumbrre, to cast a shadow; see somber.]
sombrero
Noun
pl -ros a wide-brimmed Mexican hat [Spanish]
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Noun1.Sombrero - one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis - a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983
2.sombrero - a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico
chapeau, hat, lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
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He wore a sombrero hat, with a wide leather band and a bright buckle, and the ends of his moustache were twisted up stiffly, like little horns.
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A pair of large, jingling silver spurs and a stiff sombrero, borrowed with the mustang from some mysterious source, were donned to do honor to the occasion.
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"Good-bye," he answered, raising his broad sombrero, and bending over her little hand.
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