fatigues

American  

[fuh-teegz] / fəˈtigz /

plural noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of fatigues

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Reese has spent the past 15 years in and out of remission with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which often fatigues him, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

No longer in military fatigues but a black tracksuit and with a prosthetic limb, Volodymyr was speaking at a football tournament in the town of Pavlograd, one he used to play in before his injury.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

Sharaa himself, a former al-Qaeda commander-turned-Islamist rebel leader, has shucked his military fatigues for a tailored Western-style suit and now positions himself as a pragmatist.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Rarely, too, does "the old man who saved the country" miss a chance to recall his heroics in the bush wars, sometimes exchanging his trademark safari hat for camouflage fatigues.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

The four men in fatigues lifted the coffin on slings and lowered it into the grave.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller