fatigues

[fuh-teegz]

plural noun

1. a military uniform worn while performing manual labor or while in the field.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fatigues¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Clad in military fatigues and armed with rifles loaded with blank cartridges, members of the Lithuanian Rifleman’s Union, or LRU, a state-funded paramilitary group, spent several days training to repel a possible enemy attack.

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The same day, on Russian state TV, President Putin was in military fatigues.

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At the United Nations, before an audience of world leaders in dark suits, Fidel Castro strode to the front of the room in green army fatigues.

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Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine.

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The man, wearing camouflage fatigues, approached James Reid’s window and told her he stopped her because she looked lost.

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