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De - Pt| English Dictionary: beretta | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Beretta \Be*ret"ta\, n. Same as Berretta. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Berretta \Ber*ret"ta\, n. [It., fr. LL. birrettum, berretum, a cap, dim. of L. birrus, birrum, a cloak to keep off rain, cf. Gr. [?] tawny, red: cf. Sp. birreta, Pg. barrete, and E. {Barret}.] A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green. [Also spelt {beretta}, {biretta}, etc.] | |
