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national costume

national costume noun: clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country at international events, or as part of national celebrations.

Noun

national costume (plural national costumes)

  1. Clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country at international events, or as part of national celebrations.
    • When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop...1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325

Forms of national costume

pluralnational costumes

Questions about national costume

What does national costume mean?
National costume means clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country at international events, or as part of national celebrations.
What part of speech is national costume?
National costume is a noun.
What is the plural of national costume?
The plural of national costume is national costumes.

Words near national costume in the dictionary

  1. national conservatism
  2. national conservative
  3. national conservatives
  4. national convention
  5. national conventions
  6. national costume
  7. national costumes
  8. national court
  9. national courts
  10. national day
  11. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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