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PERUKE

Dictionary entry overview: What does peruke mean?

• PERUKE (noun)
The noun PERUKE has 1 sense:

1. a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries

Familiarity information: PERUKE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERUKE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

periwig; peruke

Hypernyms ("peruke" is a kind of...):

wig (hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair)

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