Tuxedo definition

tŭk-sēdō

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Designating or of a sofa, chair, etc. with a straight back and with sides the same height as the back.

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The definition of a tuxedo is formal attire for men including a dinner jacket and matching pants.

The outfit that a man wears to a black tie wedding when he gets married is an example of a tuxedo.

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A man's dress jacket, usually black with satin or grosgrain lapels, worn for formal or semiformal occasions.

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A complete outfit including this jacket, trousers usually with a silken stripe down the side, a bow tie, and often a cummerbund.

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(now rare) A man's semiformal jacket for evening wear, orig. black and with satin lapels; dinner jacket.

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A suit of such a jacket and dark trousers, worn with a dark bow tie.

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A typically black formal jacket worn by men.

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The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.

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Other Word Forms

Singular:

tuxedo

Plural:

tuxedoes, tuxedos

Short for Tuxedo coat after a country club at Tuxedo Park, a village of southeast New York

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Tuxedo Park, New York, USA, where the fashion is often said to have originated.

From Wiktionary