miniver

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miniver - n., a white or spotted white-and-gray fur used as a trim on clothing in the middle ages; any white fur, particularly ermine, used on robes of state.


MIN-uh-ver. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French menu vair, small vair -- where vair was white-and-grey squirrel fur.

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