dress shirt

noun

: a man's shirt especially for wear with evening dress
broadly : a shirt suitable for wear with a necktie

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Jeff, meanwhile, wore a classic black suit and white dress shirt. Erin Clack, People.com, 27 June 2025 Rosenbaum, who stars alongside Krakow in the popular Hallmark series, wears a chocolate brown suit, paired with a crisp white dress shirt with loafers. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 24 June 2025 On the set of the series, Kelly was seen wearing a navy suit with a coordinated tie and a collared white button-down dress shirt with brown dress shoes and a white pocket square. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 June 2025 More relaxed office dress codes allowed men to wear suits and dress shirts while abandoning the formality of the necktie. Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dress shirt

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dress shirt was in 1849

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“Dress shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20shirt. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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