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caped

[ ˈkāpt]

caped

adjective

Definition of caped

: wearing a cape … had degenerated into one dreary cartoon after another about some caped superhero with a square jaw and no visible sense of humor.— David Handler —used especially in referring to the fictional superhero Batman as "the Caped Crusader"Batman … developed from the stygian vigilante of the thirties into the campy Caped Crusader of the sixties, only to end up a neurotic avenger in the eighties. — Wigwag

Recent Examples on the Web

//Jeffrey Wright will take on the role of Gotham City’s commissioner in Matt Reeves’ upcoming film about the caped crusader.
— Sydney Scott, Essence, "Jeffrey Wright To Play Commissioner Gordon In New 'Batman'," 1 Nov. 2019
//There's superhero fare that applies some version of the complicated anti-hero trope to a caped crusader, like Legion.
— Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, "Watchmen on HBO trades the Cold War for the culture war, keeps superheroes," 21 Oct. 2019
//Where Moore wrote an alternative history of Cold War America — a pre-apocalyptic dystopia in which masked vigilantes have been outlawed — Lindelof reaches back and forward in time to root his caped-crusaders story in a brutal American tragedy.
— James Poniewozik, New York Times, "Review: ‘Watchmen’ Is an Audacious Rorschach Test," 17 Oct. 2019
//The familiar shape will illuminate the sky above 11 cities across the world on Saturday, which is Batman Day, the caped crusader's 80th anniversary.
— Leah Asmelash, CNN, "Here's where you can see the Bat Signal on Batman Day this Saturday," 20 Sep. 2019
//Batgirl joins the caped crusaders to stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from wreaking revenge upon the world.
— Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 15, 2019: ‘Alien,’ ‘Aliens’ and more," 13 Sep. 2019
//Batgirl joins the caped crusaders to stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from wreaking revenge upon the world.
— Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 15, 2019: ‘Alien,’ ‘Aliens’ and more," 13 Sep. 2019
//Batgirl joins the caped crusaders to stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from wreaking revenge upon the world.
— Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 15, 2019: ‘Alien,’ ‘Aliens’ and more," 13 Sep. 2019
//Batgirl joins the caped crusaders to stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from wreaking revenge upon the world.
— Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 15, 2019: ‘Alien,’ ‘Aliens’ and more," 13 Sep. 2019

First Known Use of caped

1896, in the meaning defined above

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