Homburg

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English

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Winston Churchill wearing a Homburg

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the town of Bad Homburg, Germany, where it was first worn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Homburg (plural Homburgs)

  1. A type of men's felt fedora; a stiff felt hat similar to a trilby.
    • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35:
      The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat.
    • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1066:
      He was a tall lean man with a voice like a rasping crow. Impeccably dressed and hatted with a dark Homburg.
    • 2020 August 28, Thomas Vinciguerra, “Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘The Sting’”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Harold Gould as Kid Twist (with a great mustache) wore the best Homburg in recent memory, and Redford always kept his fedora atilt at just the right, rakish angle.

Synonyms

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Proper noun

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Homburg

  1. A town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland, Germany.

Further reading

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Middle High German hœhe (elevation) + burc (fortification, castle). Equivalent to Höhenburg (hill castle).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔmbʊʁk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Hom‧burg

Proper noun

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Homburg n (proper noun, genitive Homburgs or (optionally with an article) Homburg)

  1. A town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland
  2. A municipality of Frauenfeld district, Thurgau canton, Switzerland

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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Homburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Homburgs or (with an article) Homburg, feminine genitive Homburg, plural Homburgs)

  1. a surname transferred from the place name
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Noun

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Homburg m (strong, genitive Homburgs, plural Homburgs)

  1. Homburg (men’s felt fedora)