: a visorless usually woolen cap with a tight headband and a soft full flat top
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Ferrell donned Adler’s famous look — a beret and colored sunglasses.
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Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
To top it off, Bonnie's beret became the accessory du jour.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
Complementing the look was his gigantic beret made of blue foam paired with tiny sunglasses.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 6 May 2024
Wearing a black beret, brother Rex is much more confrontational, badgering and mocking Lewis about trying to erase his heritage to fit into White academic society.
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
Buster Keaton plays a gruff steamboat captain who is astonished when his son returns from college as a slim, mild-mannered sensitive type with a beret, a mustache, and a ukulele.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
Beyoncé had aligned herself with the Black Lives Matter movement and performed at the 2016 Super Bowl halftime show surrounded by Black dancers in black leather and black berets, reminiscent of the Black Panthers.
—Maria Sherman, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
Rhoda was the sass to Mary's spunk, the head scarf to Mary's beret.
—Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
Streisand topped the look with a black beret with matching sparkle stitching and slipped on black leather gloves.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
To top it off, Bonnie's beret became the accessory du jour.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
Complementing the look was his gigantic beret made of blue foam paired with tiny sunglasses.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 6 May 2024
Wearing a black beret, brother Rex is much more confrontational, badgering and mocking Lewis about trying to erase his heritage to fit into White academic society.
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
Buster Keaton plays a gruff steamboat captain who is astonished when his son returns from college as a slim, mild-mannered sensitive type with a beret, a mustache, and a ukulele.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
Beyoncé had aligned herself with the Black Lives Matter movement and performed at the 2016 Super Bowl halftime show surrounded by Black dancers in black leather and black berets, reminiscent of the Black Panthers.
—Maria Sherman, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
Rhoda was the sass to Mary's spunk, the head scarf to Mary's beret.
—Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
Streisand topped the look with a black beret with matching sparkle stitching and slipped on black leather gloves.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
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beret
noun
be·ret
bə-ˈrā 
: a soft flat wool cap without a visor
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