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trousers
UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtraʊzərz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtraʊzɚz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(trou′zərz)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026trou•sers /ˈtraʊzɚz/USA pronunciation
n. [plural]
- ClothingSometimes, trouser. [countable] clothing for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions:a pair of trousers.Also called pants.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026trou•sers
(trou′zərz),USA pronunciation n. (used with a pl. v.)
- ClothingSometimes, 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. Cf. Bermuda shorts, breeches, knickers (def. 1), short (def. 37a), slacks.
- Clothingpantalets.
- trouse (variant of trews) + (draw)ers 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
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 each leg
Etymology: 17th Century: from earlier trouse, a variant of trews, influenced by drawers
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