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attires

attires is the plural of attire.

attires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of attire.

Meaning of attire

Noun

attire (countable and uncountable, plural attires)

  1. One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
    • He was wearing his formal attire.
  2. The single horn of a goat, deer or stag.
    • The latter sign, however, may have some heraldic significance, as Larwood and Hotten mention a London token of 1666 on which a horseshoe is represented within a pair of antlers or deer's attires.1887, Miller Christy, The Trade Signs of Essex: A Popular Account of the Origin and Meanings of the Public House & Other Signs Now Or Formerly Found in the County of Essex, page 51

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Questions about attires

What is attires the plural of?
Attires is the plural of attire.

Words near attires in the dictionary

  1. attired
  2. attirement
  3. attirements
  4. attirer
  5. attirers
  6. attires
  7. attirest
  8. attireth
  9. attiring
  10. attirings
  11. Attis

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