Definition of "epaulettes" [epaulettes]

• Plural form of epaulette. (noun)

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• "Upon this self-evident principle, our Aesculapius with the epaulettes was the first man drunk in the ship."
• "There were also various other rewards of military merit established, such as epaulettes of beaten silver, daggers with silver hilts, and ensigns decorated with fine needle-work."
• "Re collar numbers - is it not that he is a Sgt on a PSU therefore he wears white sliders over his epaulettes?"