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Stetson

[stet-suhn] / ˈstɛt sən /
NOUN
cowboy hat
Synonyms
WEAK
ten-gallon hat
NOUN
hat
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fedora headgear helmet
STRONG
Panama boater bonnet bowler bucket chapeau headpiece lid sailor skimmer sombrero straw tam topper
WEAK
millinery stove pipe tam o'shanter ten-gallon

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The plaintiffs face challenges in establishing a strong correlation between social-media usage and teen mental-health problems, said Chris Ferguson, a psychology professor at Stetson University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Will 2026 be the year that Beyoncé sheds her Stetson and starts smashing guitars to smithereens?

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

The Stetson cowboy hat has been worn by everyone from General George Armstrong Custer to Beyoncé.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Bill Kilgore, the crazed cavalry commander in the 1979 Vietnam War film, “Apocalypse Now,” crouched in a black Stetson hat in front of a flaming Chicago skyline abuzz with black helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Stetson Kennedy grew up in a fourteen-room house in Jacksonville, Florida, the youngest of five children.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt