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

Two of our esteemed gubernatorial candidates, the cowboy and the dilettante, apparently could not find ties for the first debate Wednesday night, showing up with dress shirts casually unbuttoned. —Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026

King, traditionally clad in a bright dress shirt with suspenders, may represent a link to a different sort of video presentation. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026

Meanwhile, Trudeau showed off his own take on business casual attire in dark wash jeans, an olive green dress shirt, and a slate gray jacket. —Lara Walsh, InStyle, 13 Apr. 2026

The cranberry-colored outfit includes dress shirt, matching dress shoes and socks, and accessories that reflect the actor’s red-carpet style, Tussauds officials say. —Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 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