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cimar

cimar is the alternative form of simar.

Meaning of simar

Noun

simar (plural simars)

  1. (archaic, historical) A woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.
    • [T]heir beautiful tresses were braided and incensed; and they were wrapped in symars whiter than alabaster.1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
  2. A type of ecclesiastical vestment, similar to a cassock.
  3. (obsolete) A light covering; a cloak or mantle.

Forms of cimar

pluralcimars

Questions about cimar

What is cimar the alternative form of?
Cimar is the alternative form of simar.

Words near cimar in the dictionary

  1. Cilymaenllwyd
  2. CIM
  3. cima
  4. Cimahi
  5. Cimambwe
  6. cimar
  7. cimarin
  8. cimarron
  9. Cimarron County
  10. cimarrons
  11. cimars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cimar (page history and authors); simar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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