trousers

[ trou-zerz ]

/ ˈtraʊ zərz /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

Sometimes trouser. Also called pants. a usually loose-fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but sometimes to any of various other points from the upper leg down.Compare Bermuda shorts, breeches, knickers (def. 1), short (def. 29a), slacks.

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Origin of trousers

1585–95; trouse (variant of trews) + (draw)ers (in the sense “undergarment with legs”)

OTHER WORDS FROM trousers

trou·ser·less, adjective

Words nearby trousers

trouper, troupial, trous-de-loup, trouse, trouser, trousers, trouser suit, trousseau, Trousseau's sign, Trousseau's syndrome, trout

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How to use trousers in a sentence

The (very wealthy) de la Renta women wore bold colors, flared sleeves, full-bodied skirts and trousers.
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, American Great, Dead at 82|Tim Teeman|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gracie packed up her Wellington boots, long-sleeved shirts, and trousers, and flew to Caracas with a five-liter alembic still.
When a Modern-Day Indiana Jones Met an Adventurous Gin Distiller|Ann Binlot|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We will have to hear what he says,” said one as he smoothed out his trousers.
Mike Pence, Dark Horse in Training for 2016|David Freedlander|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wearing pink pajama trousers, a blue T-shirt and purple sandals, she holds a cup of water for her youngest child to sip from.
The Tragic Exodus of Iraq’s Christians|Jamie Dettmer|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Think wearing yellow lipstick, lime-green nails, and a SpongeBob SquarePants jumper with no trousers.
The Improbable Rise of Rita Ora: A Guide for the Modern-Day Celebrity|Emma Gannon|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A pair of thin trousers and a shirt hanging down outside instead of being tucked in at the waist, and his toilet is made.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
A little of the spurting blood had got on his dirty fingers, and he wiped his hands on the seat of his trousers.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
This is then suspended from a button on the trousers so that the bottle rests against the skin of the inguinal region.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
He reached far down into a trousers pocket and tugged to the light of day a roll that his fingers could not encircle.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
The latter have a short coloured shirt underneath it, and again beneath that, large flowing trousers.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer

British Dictionary definitions for trousers

trousers

/ (ˈtraʊzəz) /

pl n

a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs

wear the trousers British informal to have control, esp in a marriageUS equivalent: wear the pants

Derived forms of trousers

trousered, adjectivetrouserless, adjective

Word Origin for trousers

C17: from earlier trouse, a variant of trews, influenced by drawers

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