Cachet Definition

kă-shā
noun
Any sign of official approval.
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A mark or sign showing something is genuine, authentic, or of superior quality.
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A seal or stamp on an official letter or document.
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Distinction; prestige.
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A commemorative design on an envelope that marks some historical or philatelic event.
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Synonyms:
verb
To print a cachet on (an envelope)
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Other Word Forms of Cachet

Noun

Singular:
cachet
Plural:
cachets

Origin of Cachet

  • Borrowing from French cachet, first appearing in Scottish English, from 1630.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French from cacher to press cache

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cachet Sentence Examples

  • He incurred great unpopularity by his abuse of lettres de cachet, and had to resign in 1775.

  • It does not, however, have the usual first flight cachet.

  • During the 1950s and 1960s it enjoyed enormous cachet among visitors from North West England, the Borders, Wales and Ireland.

  • When he trails about in an abba he gives cachet to my garden I can tell you!

  • Cocaine is still seen as the upmarket club and sex drug of choice and its use confers social cachet and respectability on its users.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

TETHET

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