Mao jacket

American  

noun

1. a plain, shirtlike jacket, usually blue or gray, with pockets and a high collar, worn by Mao Zedong and universally adopted in the People's Republic of China during his regime.

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Etymology

Origin of Mao jacket

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

At a July 1 event, Xi appeared on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing in a gray Mao jacket identical to one worn by the former leader in a nearby portrait overlooking the square.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021

Abandoning tradition, Mr. Kim ditched the Mao jacket and the rostrum and delivered his annual New Year’s address last year from a club chair in his book-lined study, wearing a Western suit and tie.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2020

He wears a gray Mao jacket with glinting buttons, the old uniform of the Communist Party of China.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2018

Galliano elevates the Mao jacket, stitching it out of green silk and trimming it in red satin ribbon.

From Washington Post • May 5, 2015

Its central axiom is that if one burrows deep enough beneath the Mao jacket, the shapka or the chador, one discovers that people everywhere are essentially the same.

From Time Magazine Archive