trousers
Americannoun
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Also called pants. Sometimes 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.
plural noun
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a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs
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US equivalent: wear the pants. informal to have control, esp in a marriage
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Etymology
Origin of trousers
1585–95; trouse (variant of trews ) + (draw)ers (in the sense “undergarment with legs”)
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Viewed across time, the resulting shape would resemble a pair of trousers, with one upper section dividing into two "legs."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
He could determine a man’s profession from the wear pattern on his trousers, from whether he was lightly or deeply tanned, or from which parts of his hands were callused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Comically, he hid the sandpaper inside his trousers.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Zips were used to modulate the length of skirts, they ran across leather jackets and down a flared blue pair of trousers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
He dressed Garfield's body in the same black coat, vest, and trousers he had worn for his March inauguration.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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