Home › Words › B › barretbarretbarret means A surname.EtymologySpelling variant of BarrettnameA surname.A male given name from French.e.g.“Ms. Murati sat down with Mr. Schoenholz and two other founders, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz.” — 2026 January 22, Cade Metz, Kalley Huang, Mike Isaac, “The A.I. Start-Up Soap Opera Riveting Silicon Valley”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived nounA kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.A floppy beret-like cap worn by musketeers.The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics; a biretta.e.g.“The priestly leader wears the chasuble and stole, and often the pluvial besides; his head is covered with a barret.” — 1889, John McClintock, James Strong, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, page 613:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.barrad 68% match — A tall hat resembling a dunce cap. vs barret →brasset 65% match — A casque or armour covering for the head; a helmet. vs barret →beret 64% match — A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France. vs barret →cap 63% match — A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked. vs barret →busby 63% match — A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands. vs barret →barbute 63% match — A type of visorless helmet, of 15th-century Italian design, including a T or Y shaped opening for the eyes and mouth. vs barret →capeline 62% match — A steel skullcap formerly worn by members of the military. vs barret →bereted 61% match — Wearing a beret. vs barret →