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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a top worn by women

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural blouses) Etymology: French Date: 1823 1. a. a long loose overgarment that resembles a shirt or smock and is worn especially by workmen, artists, and peasants b. the jacket of a uniform 2. a usually loose-fitting garment especially for women that covers the body from the neck to the waist • blousy adjective II. verb (bloused; blousing) Date: 1897 intransitive verb to fall in a fold <coats that blouse above the hip> transitive verb to cause to blouse

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a woman's loose, usu. lightweight, upper garment, usu. buttoned and collared. b the upper part of a soldier's or airman's battledress. 2 a workman's or peasant's loose linen or cotton garment, usu. belted at the waist. --v.tr. make (a bodice etc.) loose like a blouse. Etymology: F, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shirt waist Shirt waist A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blouse Blouse (blouz; F. bl[=oo]z), n. [F. blouse. Of unknown origin.] A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(blouses) A blouse is a kind of shirt worn by a girl or woman. N-COUNT