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Webster 1828 Edition


Capuchins

CAPUCHINS

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Noun.
Monks of the order of St. Francis, who cover their heads with a capuce, capuchon, a stuff-cap or cowl. They are clothed in brown or gray, go bare-footed, and never shave their faces.

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Capuchins

Capuchins

See also: capuchins

English

Noun

Capuchins

  1. plural of Capuchin

capuchins

capuchins

See also: Capuchins

English

Noun

capuchins

  1. plural of capuchin
    • 2009, February 3, “Natalie Angier”, in GPS for Forest Creatures on the Move:
      Yet somehow the capuchins manage to either outwit or outrun the forest’s legions of parasites.