dress shirt

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.

dress shirt

noun

1. a man's shirt, usually white, worn as part of formal evening dress, usually having a stiffened or decorative front

Word History and Origins

Origin of dress shirt¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

His white dress shirt screams for dear life as it struggles to maintain its integrity around his massive form.

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Texas Rep. Nate Schatzline’s energy was palpable as he gazed out from the video on the computer screen, grinning ear to ear, the sleeves of his white dress shirt rolled up.

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“We’d literally scramble with a shower, put on our business casual with our dress shirts on, belt, tie, dress shoes,” Mendoza said.

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As a young lad growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area town of Pittsburg, my school uniform consisted of corduroys the color of Ash Wednesday, a white dress shirt and a maroon V-neck sweater.

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A short time later, a man in a white dress shirt walked through the hole in the fence and toward a tent.

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