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Meaning of TURBAN

Pronunciation:  'turbun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a small round woman's hat
  2. [n]  a traditional Moslem headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
 
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 Synonyms: pillbox, toque
 
 See Also: headdress, headgear, millinery, woman's hat

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tur"ban\, n. [OE. turband, turbant, tolibant, F. turban,
It. turbante, Turk. tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. dulband. Cf.
{Tulip}.]
1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most
   Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a
   sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound
   about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.
2. A kind of headdress worn by women.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing or dreaming that you are wearing a turban, suggests that you are feeling confined by what society considers normal.
 

 

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