: tuxedo

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In a white tux, the groom emerged to rousing applause, according to videographer Moziko Wind. Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025 Thompson went with a classic black-and-white tux. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 The decision created a memorable moment when both her mother and father walked her down the aisle in matching tuxes. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 Who can claim this jumble of junior-varsity field hockey teams, center-justified poetry, and polyester tux jackets as their intellectual property? Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tux

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tux was in 1922

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“Tux.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tux. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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tux

noun
: tuxedo
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