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epaulet
/ˈɛpəlɛt/
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What does epaulet mean?
noun
- Alternative form of epaulette (“shoulder decoration on a uniform; tegula”).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛpəlɛt/
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/ˌɛpəˈlɛt/
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He was now in an adjutant’s uniform with one epaulet and a shoulder knot.
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.
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For many a youthful shoulder now is gay with an epaulet, And the hand that was deft with a cricket-bat is defter with a sword, And some of the lads will laugh to-day where the trench is red and wet, And some will win on the bloody field the accolade of the Lord.