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Pantaloon

Pantaloon Meaning & Definition
Pantaloon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pantaloon?

[n] trousers worn in former times
[n] a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man
[n] a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pantaloon:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pantaloon: breeches | breeks | britches | buffo | buffoon | centenarian | clown | Columbine | dotard | elder | Father Time | fool | gaffer | geezer | golden-ager | gramps | grandfather | grandsire | graybeard | Hanswurst | Harlequin | jack-pudding | jeans | jester | merry-andrew | Methuselah | motley | motley fool | Nestor | nonagenarian | octogenarian | old chap | old codger | old dog | old duffer | old geezer | old gent | old gentleman | old man | Old Paar | old party | older | oldster | old-timer | pair of trousers | Pantalone | pantaloons | pants | patriarch | pickle-herring | Polichinelle | presbyter | Pulcinella | Punch | Punchinello | Scaramouch | senior citizen | septuagenarian | sexagenarian | slacks | the quiet-voiced elders | trews | trousers | venerable sir | veteran | zany

See Also | buffoon | character | clown | fictional character | fictitious character | pants | trousers

Pantaloon In Webster's Dictionary

\Pan`ta*loon"\, n. [F. pantalon, fr. It. pantalone, a masked character in the Italian comedy, who wore breeches and stockings that were all of one piece, from Pantaleone, the patron saint of Venice, which, as a baptismal name, is very frequent among the Venetians, and is applied to them by the other Italians as a nickname, fr. Gr. ?, lit., all lion, a Greek personal name.] 1. A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes. --Addison. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon. --Shak. 2. pl. A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one. 3. pl. In recent times, same as {Trousers}.

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