Peruke

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  • noun. A wig, especially one worn by men in the 1600s and 1700s; a periwig.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To wear a peruke; dress with a peruke.
  • noun. An artificial tuft of hair, made to imitate the natural hair, but usually having larger and ampler masses, worn on the head to conceal baldness, by actors in their make-up, and at one time by people generally in conformity to a fashion; a wig.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A wig; a periwig.
  • transitive verb. To dress with a peruke.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries
    • Word Usage
    "His silver-white hair when he removed his peruke was a venerable spectacle."
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    campaign peruke  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wig  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bombshell  cobwebbed  codpiece  e'e  filberts  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    periwig  wig  
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