Definition of "ermine" []

• A weasel (Mustela erminea) of northern regions, having a black-tipped tail and dark brown fur that in winter changes to white. (noun)
• The commercially valuable white fur of this animal. (noun)

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• "I doubt you'll see me in ermine, I have no desire to be the Scarlet Jim Purnell ."
• "Comrade Turnbull had been banished to a labour camp known as the "House of Lords," where harsh and brutal metaphors are believed to be used, and where inmates, clad only in ermine, are forced to live on a diet of venison and claret."
• "During said ceremony, Moon and his wife are wrapped in ermine robes and crowned by an Illinois Congressman."