Sometimes jeans a sturdy twilled fabric, usually of cotton.
(used with a plural verb) jeans,
pants of various fabrics, styled or constructed like blue jeans.
1921–2019, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000.
a male given name, form of John.
a female given name.
born 1921, full name Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano , grand duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000)
Michaelle. born 1957, in Haiti. Canadian stateswoman and broadcaster; governor-general from 2005
What does jean mean? The word jean refers to the kind of material used to make jeans, as in blue jeans—a type of pants. Jeans are traditionally made from denim, a kind of cotton fabric. Today, jeans are made from a variety of fabrics and fabric blends, but they’re still called jeans if they resemble denim blue jeans. In this way, the word jean isn’t commonly used as a name of a kind of material until after it’s been made into jeans. Jean is most commonly used as a modifier to describe garments that are made of denim or the kind of fabric that blue jeans are made of, as in jean shorts, jean jacket (also commonly called a denim jacket), and jean shirt. Example: I used to wear a jean jacket with a bunch of patches on it.
1485–95; short for jean fustian, earlier Gene(s) fustian Genoese or Genoa fustian
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Kontoor said the deal will allow it to focus investment and execution on its higher-growth brands, particularly its Wrangler jean brand and its Helly Hansen outdoor clothing business.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
In May of that year, Epstein emailed Todt to say "jean, sorry it was so short and Terje did not give me any notice in advance to help with the fun".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Many of the shocked faces watching Cena’s loss on Saturday night were children, decked out in imitations of Cena’s classic look of armbands and jean shorts.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025
People dance in crab hats and buy custom-embroidered crab jean jackets.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025
A tattooed man in jeans and a jean jacket—his legs outstretched, his ankles crossed—was sleeping a few seats down.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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