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kontusz

kontusz noun: a type of outer garment popular in the 16th century worn by Hungarian and Polish–Lithuanian noblemen, which in the 17th century (worn over a żupan) became a notable element of male Polish national and Zaporozhian Cossack attire.

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Noun

kontusz (plural kontuszes)

  1. (historical) A type of outer garment popular in the 16th century worn by Hungarian and Polish–Lithuanian noblemen, which in the 17th century (worn over a żupan) became a notable element of male Polish national and Zaporozhian Cossack attire.
    • Therefore, before they followed the Judge to the wood, they had assumed a different bearing, and put on different attire, linen dusters suitable for a stroll, with which they covered and protected their kontuszes; […]1917, Adam Mickiewicz, George Rapall Noyes, “Flirtation”, in Pan Tadeusz, or The Last Foray in Lithuania […], London; Toronto, Ont.: J[oseph] M[alaby] & Sons Ltd.; […], →OCLC, page 70
    • Brief were the Judge’s avuncular greetings, he gave, with great dignity, his hand to be kissed and then, save for kissing his nephew’s temple in greeting, deferred to the others, saying little to him, but his tears, which he quickly wiped off on the sleeve of his kontusz, showed how much love he...1971, The Polish Review, volume XVI, New York, N.Y.: Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 46 and 49

Examples of kontusz in a sentence

  • The leading tailor for the kontusz was Imperial-Royal Warrant holder C.2016, Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, “Birth and Childhood in Poland”, in A Chevalier from Poland: The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de...
  • Now he looks at the band in which the sides of his new kontusz are finished.2021, Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft, “An ocean of questions that will sink even the strongest battleship”, in The Books of...

Forms of kontusz

pluralkontuszes

Origin of kontusz

Unadapted borrowing from Polish kontusz.

Questions about kontusz

What does kontusz mean?
Kontusz means a type of outer garment popular in the 16th century worn by Hungarian and Polish–Lithuanian noblemen, which in the 17th century (worn over a żupan) became a notable element of male Polish national and Zaporozhian Cossack attire.
How do you use kontusz in a sentence?
The leading tailor for the kontusz was Imperial-Royal Warrant holder C.
What part of speech is kontusz?
Kontusz is a noun.
What is the plural of kontusz?
The plural of kontusz is kontuszes.

Words near kontusz in the dictionary

  1. kontra
  2. kontraktnik
  3. kontraktniki
  4. kontraktniks
  5. kontras
  6. kontusz
  7. kontuszes
  8. Konya
  9. konyaite
  10. Konyak
  11. Konyaks

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