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warbonnet
noun
war·bon·net
ˈwȯr-ˌbä-nət 
plural warbonnets
: a ceremonial headdress often having a feathered extension down the back and worn traditionally by leaders and warriors of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains
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Love is a War Song follows pop star Avery Fox, who is reeling from a backlash after posing in a Native American warbonnet on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Disrespecting the warbonnet is a grievous wrong and dishonors the likes of all who earned them with pride, like Sitting Bull and Rain-in-the-Face.
—Ruth Hopkins, Teen Vogue, 12 Nov. 2019
This week on the @natgeo Instagram, a swimmer navigates Devil's Eye Spring, meerkats embrace in Botswana, and a mosshead warbonnet peeks its head out of the neck of a bottle.
—Steve Winter, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2016
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EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Disrespecting the warbonnet is a grievous wrong and dishonors the likes of all who earned them with pride, like Sitting Bull and Rain-in-the-Face.
—Ruth Hopkins, Teen Vogue, 12 Nov. 2019
This week on the @natgeo Instagram, a swimmer navigates Devil's Eye Spring, meerkats embrace in Botswana, and a mosshead warbonnet peeks its head out of the neck of a bottle.
—Steve Winter, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2016
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“Warbonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warbonnet. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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warbonnet
noun
war·bon·net
ˈwȯr-ˌbän-ət
: a long feathered ceremonial headdress of North American Indigenous peoples
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