dress shirt

noun

: a shirt especially for wear with evening attire

broadly : a shirt with buttons, cuffs, and a collar that is suitable for wear with a necktie

Examples of dress shirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The future queen wore a striped black-and-white top with a green blazer, while William donned a simple gray suit and blue dress shirt. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

But its owner, Hiro Yonekawa, packs way more into its two rooms, which are full of mostly vintage clothes like mint Burberry trenches (for around $300), graphic tees, men’s dress shirts and women’s tops, hats and handbags. — New York Times, 31 July 2026

The image, taken by photographer Matt Porteous at Kensington Palace immediately after last month’s Trooping the Colour ceremony, shows George looking happy and relaxed in a navy suit and open-collar white dress shirt. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Stantt, which was founded by Kirk Keel and Matt Hornbuckle in 2015, uses a patented DataFit proprietary body sizing system to help customers achieve a near-custom fit in dress shirts, trousers and tailored clothing. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dress shirt

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
• nightshirt
• overt