trousers
Americannoun
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Also called pants. Sometimes a usually loose-fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but sometimes to any of various other points from the upper leg down.
plural noun
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a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs
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US equivalent: wear the pants. informal to have control, esp in a marriage
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Origin of trousers
1585–95; trouse (variant of trews ) + (draw)ers (in the sense “undergarment with legs”)
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The designs, including silky dresses and billowing space-age black trousers like those worn by rock star David Bowie in the 1970s, were carefully fitted to the robots' skeletal frames.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Willy Chavarria sunglasses on, textured Ferragamo trousers glittering with each camera flash, she strides through without pausing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Michelle Collins, an accountant who works downtown, said it doesn’t make sense someone would remove their trousers at town hall to clean them off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Polo shirts, denim jackets or flared trousers from brands like Adidas, Fila, Sergio Tacchini, Lacoste, Slazenger, Stone Island and Fred Perry took over the full kit.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Henry, in coat and tie, waded out to where Francis stood, his trousers rolled to the knee, an old-fashioned banker in a surrealist painting.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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