TRILBY

• (noun) (Clothing & Fashion)™ a type of felt hat with a creased crown, worn mainly by cowboys [named after John Stetson (1830-1906), American hatmaker who designed it] 1902, trademark name, from John B. Stetson (1830-1906), U.S. hat manufacturer, who started his company in Philadelphia in 1865.

  synonyms : fedora , felt hat , homburg , stetson

• (noun) singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali

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