blouson

noun

: a garment (such as a dress) having a close waistband with blousing of material over it

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Casual outerwear including sporty anoraks, techy nylon blousons and utility jackets at Prada, Fendi [and] Versace. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025 His Spring ’26 collection features a crinkled cotton blend that is used for trench and blouson jackets, as well as shorts. Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025 Highlights include a blouson jacket that reinterprets a 1942 Royal Air Force battle dress jacket and an English silk-jacquard tie decorated with CAD drawings of the Supermarine Spitfire. Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025 Out came the black and white stripes, polka dots, bows, off-the-shoulder blousons, puffy sleeves, blazers, mini-skirts, and floor-length dresses and swingy trousers. Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blouson

Word History

Etymology

French, from blouse

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blouson was in 1952

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“Blouson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blouson. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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