sailor suit

British  

noun

1. a child's suit, usually navy and white, with a collar that is squared off at the back like a sailor's

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Example Sentences

Her mother died when Sydney was 7, and she was influenced by the oddities of her father, a yachtsman who dressed Sydney in a sailor suit until she was 18.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

See: Louis dressed in the same pint-size sailor suit his dad Prince William wore nearly 40 years ago when he was a child.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2022

Well, the queen’s great-grandson Prince Louis, just 4 and dressed in a sailor suit, did steal the show when he clamped his hands over his ears and made a face as the jets zoomed past.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

Betty Lollis, a friend from Winchester, Ky., recalled him as the round-faced boy who was led into her second-grade class, dressed by his mother in a sailor suit.

From New York Times • May 2, 2022

“I am,” replied the man, surprised to be addressed by a mouse in a sailor suit.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White