Āi'gret or Āi-grĕtte', n.
n. [Fr. aigrette, a sort of white heron, with a long and slender tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft or bunch of feathers; dim. of heron (with the aspiration cut off), Fr. Prov. égron, Pr. aigron, Sp. airon, O. Fr. hairon, It. aghirone, from O. H. Ger. heigir, heigro, heigero, Icel. hegri, A-S. higere.]
Sense 1. (Ornith.) The small white heron;—commonly called egret.
Sense 2. (Bot.) A feathery crown of seed. See EGRET.
Sense 3. A plume or an ornament for the head composed of feathers, or of precious stones, in the form of a heron's crest.