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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The company is also the official licensee and performance dress shirt of the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025 The warehouse’s general manager, a compact man in a blue floral dress shirt, cut a red ribbon. Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025 Whitworth, wearing a suit jacket and white button-down dress shirt, declined to speak when Crosswhite offered him the chance during his plea. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025 State and Liberty sells suits, blazers, dress shirts, dress pants, and other items for men with athletic builds. Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 2025.

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