zouave
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A short decorated jacket for women inspired by soldier uniforms
- noun
- /zuˈɑv/
- Archaic
:
chaqueta zouave
- She wore a beautiful zouave jacket to the party.
Examples
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The museum displayed a 19th-century zouave as part of its fashion collection.
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Designers revived the zouave style in several modern runway shows.
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She wore a vintage zouave over her dress for the themed party.
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The zouave style is making a comeback this season.
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She wore a vintage zouave over her dress for the themed party.
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The museum displayed a 19th-century zouave as part of its fashion collection.
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The zouave style is making a comeback this season.
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Zouave for clothing comes from the same source: the North African Zwawa soldiers wore a short, open, decorated jacket that became a women's 'zouave' jacket. So a zouave jacket is a short, often decorated jacket copied from the soldiers' uniform.