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
Other Word Forms
- trousered adjective
- trouserless adjective
Etymology
Origin of trousers
1585–95; trouse (variant of trews ) + (draw)ers (in the sense “undergarment with legs”)
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He cut a distinctive figure in the music videos with his trademark square black sunglasses, a black blazer and black trousers.
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Walkers must therefore roll up their trousers and wade across the river within an hour either side of low tide.
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For some game men, that means awfully bright trousers, worn with a wink.
It’s high season in Palm Beach, Fla., and for some bold male dressers, that means awfully bright trousers, worn with a wink.
It was much like a man’s suit, gray with a collared shirt and tie, but formfitting and with trousers hemmed at her knees.
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