blouse

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a shirt or lightweight upper garment, especially one made for women or girls

   She wore a white silk blouse with a dark skirt.

2. 2
   noun

   a loose-fitting shirt or jacket forming part of a uniform or work outfit

   The soldier fastened the pockets of his field blouse.

Borrowed in the early nineteenth century from French blouse, 'a worker's or peasant's smock.' English first used it for a loose work garment and later especially for a woman's shirt; the deeper origin of the French word is uncertain.

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