liberty cap

noun

: a close-fitting conical cap used as a symbol of liberty by the French revolutionists and in the U.S. before 1800

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The 2024 Paris Olympics mascot is a little red hat, known as a Phrygian cap (or a liberty cap), which is a symbol of the French revolutionaries. —

Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024 Still, the liberty cap remains well represented within the Capitol in murals and other artworks. —

Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024 In the 19th century, some American politicians found a new reason to object to the liberty cap as a national symbol. —

Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024 The form is clearly a liberty cap. —

Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021 But somewhere along the line the olive branch was dropped, and for the head wreath Crawford substituted a liberty cap in a tribute to the freeing of the Phrygian slaves in ancient times. —

Lily Rothman, Time, 1 Feb. 2018 In the early years, Uncle Sam was depicted as clean-shaven, amiable and even slightly goofy, clad in a stars-and-stripes dressing gown and liberty cap. —

Kim Sajet, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2018