Homburg

See also: homburg

English
Winston Churchill wearing a Homburg

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒmbəːɡ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑm.bɚɡ/

Noun

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, →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

Proper noun

Homburg

  1. A town in Saarland, Germany.

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