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juppon

juppon is the alternative form of jupon.

Meaning of jupon

Noun

jupon (plural jupons)

  1. (historical) A close-fitting sleeveless jacket, descending below the hips, worn over armour.
    • Some wore coat armour, imitating scale,
      And next their skins were stubborn shirts of mail;
      Some wore a breastplate and a light juppon,
      Their horses clothed with rich caparison;1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite, Book III
  2. A petticoat.

Forms of juppon

pluraljuppons

Questions about juppon

What is juppon the alternative form of?
Juppon is the alternative form of jupon.

Words near juppon in the dictionary

  1. Jupiterlike
  2. jupiters
  3. jupon
  4. jupons
  5. Jupp
  6. juppon
  7. juppons
  8. jupti
  9. Jupânești
  10. Jur
  11. Jura

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Adapted from Wiktionary: juppon (page history and authors); jupon (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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