The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CHAPEAU
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More clues leading to the result CHAPEAU
- Church primate with gold hat
- Church primate put on gold hat
- Surprisingly cheap gold headwear
- Gold on cheap feathered hat
- Cove water in Calais — boater there?
- Headwear page needed for time in villa
- Fellow taking the water at Aix-les-Bains has a beret perhaps
- Headgear in unusual shade of peach and gold
- This’ll top a bloke with Perrier, peut- être?
- Gentleman getting European gold hat in Paris
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What does CHAPEAU mean?
CHAPEAU noun- A hat.
- A cap of maintenance.
- The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
- In international law, introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.