Capuchin
noun
[ ˈkapʊtʃɪn ]
• a friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that observes a strict rule drawn up in 1529.
• a cloak and hood formerly worn by women.
• a South American monkey with a cap of hair on the head which has the appearance of a cowl.
• a pigeon of a breed with head and neck feathers resembling a cowl.
Origin:
late 16th century: from obsolete French, earlier form of capucin, from Italian cappuccino, from cappuccio ‘hood, cowl’, from cappa (see cape1), the friars being so named because of their sharp-pointed hoods.
