Meaning of fascinator | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fascinating person or thing.
2. A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women.
3. A type of wool or lace headscarf.
   US, dated

Examples

“A more repellent personality would be hard to imagine⟳, and yet Hedda Gabler is one of the eternal fascinators of the world stage⟳.”

“Westminster Abbey was peppered with everything from neat pillbox hats to netted fascinators.”

“Why, for example, was Lady Gaga the first act? Surrounded by pink ostrich feathers and wearing a fascinator that looked like⟳ a feather quill atop her head, she put⟳ on her best French accent to sing⟳ Mon truc en plumes (originally by Zizi Jeanmaire) but it still looked like⟳ a scrappy, tacky, riverbank cabaret by an American pop star.”

“On a recent night when I visited, a group of girls had taken over an entire section, all of them wearing black fascinators as if attending a funeral. The hostess explained that it was a young woman named Mallory’s “RIP to my 20s” birthday dinner.”

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