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noun

a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs.
a man's shirt, buttoning down the front and typically having long sleeves with barrel or French cuffs, and a soft or starched collar, worn with a necktie.

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Origin of dress shirt

First recorded in 1890–95
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British Dictionary definitions for dress shirt

dress shirt

noun

a man's shirt, usually white, worn as part of formal evening dress, usually having a stiffened or decorative front
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012