"toppered" meaning in English

See toppered in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From topper + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|topper|ed}} topper + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} toppered (not comparable)
  1. Wearing a topper. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: betoppered, top-hatted
    Sense id: en-toppered-en-adj-oyIDbU4y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed

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  "etymology_text": "From topper + -ed.",
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          "ref": "1927 May 8, Orlando Morning Sentinel, volume XV, number 84, Orlando, Fla., section three, page eight",
          "text": "RAY HAS REASON FOR BACHELORHOOD / Toppered Comedian Likes Them All and Can’t Decide /[…][Raymond] Griffith may be a high hat comedian on the screen but he has never worn a high hat in real life. Despite the screen makeup of frock coat and silk-topper in pictures he’s the most unassuming actor in Hollywood.",
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        {
          "ref": "1928 January 23, “Kansas City Hostess to Assist Committee on G. O. P. Convention”, in The Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., page ten",
          "text": "New York has her silk toppered gentlemen, who ride the Macom and other official vessels about the harbor to welcome the city distinguished visitors, and California has pretty “flappers” who wander through train sheds presenting beautiful bouquets of native flowers to her visiting celebrities, but Kansas City has a hostess whose duty is not only to welcome the city’s guests but also to see that hospitality is provided and that every detail providing their comfort is properly attended.",
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        {
          "ref": "1952 October 25, “Twenty toppers”, in Children’s Newspaper, number 1753, page 6",
          "text": "Twenty magnificent top hats have long adorned the trusty heads of certain important stationmasters on formal occasions; but it has been decreed that, as one by one these toppered heads retire from the service, their successors are to wear a bowler hat.",
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        "Wearing a topper."
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          "word": "betoppered"
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          "word": "top-hatted"
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          "ref": "1952 October 25, “Twenty toppers”, in Children’s Newspaper, number 1753, page 6",
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    {
      "word": "top-hatted"
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  "word": "toppered"
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