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   costume

   /ˈkɒstjuːm/

   noun

   • 1. a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period: "authentic Elizabethan costumes" Similar outfitensemblesuitdressclothingattiregarbuniformliveryarrayregaliaclothesgarmentsrobesinformal:get-upgeartogsgarmsdudsglad ragsclobberkitstriprig-outthreadsformal:apparelliterary:raimenthabilimentsarchaic:vestmentsvesturehabit
   • ▪ a set of clothes worn by an actor or performer for a particular role: "he was in charge of costumes and scenery for plays and masques"
   • ▪ a swimming costume. Similar swimsuitbathing suitbathing costumeswimming costumebikinipair of swimming trunkspair of trunksinformal:cossieswimming togsbathersswimmers
   • ▪ a woman's matching jacket and skirt: "a chic black costume and white fur wrap"

   verb

   • 1. dress (someone) in a particular set of clothes: "the dolls are elaborately costumed in fancy nineteenth-century dresses"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from French, from Italian costume ‘custom, fashion, habit’, from Latin consuetudo (see custom).

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