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plain dress

plain dress noun: a style of clothing emphasizing simplicity and modesty, traditionally worn by several Protestant groups including Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish people, Quakers, and Moravians.

plain dress: a style of clothing emphasizing simplicity and modesty, traditionally worn by several Protestant...
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Noun

plain dress (uncountable)

  1. A style of clothing emphasizing simplicity and modesty, traditionally worn by several Protestant groups including Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish people, Quakers, and Moravians.

Questions about plain dress

What does plain dress mean?
Plain dress means a style of clothing emphasizing simplicity and modesty, traditionally worn by several Protestant groups including Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish people, Quakers, and Moravians.
What part of speech is plain dress?
Plain dress is a noun.

Words near plain dress in the dictionary

  1. plain cooks
  2. plain dealer
  3. plain dealers
  4. plain dealing
  5. plain dealings
  6. plain dress
  7. plain Dunstable
  8. Plain Dutch
  9. plain English
  10. plain film
  11. plain films

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