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pantaloon

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌpæntəˈluːn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pan′tl o̅o̅n′)

pan•ta•loon (pan′tl o̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n.

Clothing pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn esp. in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
Show Business(in the modern pantomime) a foolish, vicious old man, the butt and accomplice of the clown.

Upper Italian (Venetian) Pantalone nickname for a Venetian, variant of Pantaleone, name of a 4th-century saint once a favorite of the Venetians
Middle French Pantalon
1580–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

pantaloon /ˌpæntəˈluːn/ n

(in pantomime) an absurd old man, the butt of the clown's tricks
(usually capital) (in commedia dell'arte) a lecherous old merchant dressed in pantaloons

Etymology: 16th Century: from French Pantalon, from Italian Pantalone, local nickname for a Venetian, probably from San Pantaleone, a fourth-century Venetian saint

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