liberty cap
noun
a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
Compare
Phrygian cap.
Origin of liberty cap
First recorded in 1795–1805
Words nearby liberty cap
libertinism,
liberty,
liberty bell,
liberty bodice,
liberty bond,
liberty cap,
liberty hall,
liberty horse,
liberty island,
liberty loan,
liberty of speech
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British Dictionary definitions for liberty cap
liberty cap
noun
a cap of soft felt worn as a symbol of liberty, esp during the French Revolution, from the practice in ancient Rome of giving a freed slave such a cap
a poisonous hallucinogenic basidiomycetous fungus, Psilocybe semilanceata, yellowish-brown with a distinctive pointed cap, found in groups in grassland