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.

Simplified etymology

Blouse entered English in the early 19th century from French, though the French word’s earlier origin is unknown. It first referred to the blue blouse traditionally worn by French workmen, then broadened to various labourers’ smocks and tunics before being applied to a young woman’s garment by 1870.

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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