Usually means: Historical tall, elaborate women's headdress.
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  1. fontange: Merriam-Webster
  2. fontange: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. fontange: Wiktionary
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  7. Fontange: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Fontange: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. fontange: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Fontange: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. fontange: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. fontange: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Fontange: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. fontange: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (fontange)

noun:  A headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made with pleated layers of starched lace and ribbon.

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