Pantaloon

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Men's wide breeches extending from waist to ankle, worn especially in England in the late 1600s.
  • noun. Tight trousers extending from waist to ankle with straps passing under the instep, worn especially in the 1800s.
  • noun. Trousers; pants.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In early Italian comedy, a character usually represented as a lean and foolish old man (properly a Venetian), wearing spectacles and slippers.
  • noun. In mod. Pantomime, a character usually represented as a foolish and vicious old man, the butt of the clown, and his accomplice in all his wicked and funny pranks.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.
  • noun. A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one.
  • noun. In recent times, a loose-fitting variety of Trousers, often of less than ankle length.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An aging buffoon.
  • noun. Trousers reminiscent of the tight-fitting leggings traditionally worn by a pantaloon.
  • noun. A kind of fabric.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man
  • noun. a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes
  • noun. trousers worn in former times
  • Word Usage
    "Clowns and Pantaloons in our Pantomimes: though Colney says that the multiplication of the pantaloon is a distinct advance to representative truth -- and bother Colney!"
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