jean

jean  (jn)

n.

1. A heavy, strong, twilled cotton, used in making uniforms and work clothes.

2. jeans Pants made of jean, denim, or another durable fabric.

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[Short for obsolete jene (fustian), Genoan (fustian), from Middle English jene, gene, from Old French Genes, Genoa.]

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jean [dʒiːn]

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a tough twill-weave cotton fabric used for hard-wearing trousers, overalls, etc. See also jeans

[short for jean fustian, from Gene Genoa]

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Jean (French) [ʒɑ̃]

n

(Biographies / Jean (1921 M, Luxembourger, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) born 1921, grand duke of Luxembourg from 1964

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jean (dʒin)

n.

1. Sometimes, jeans. a sturdy twilled fabric, usu. of cotton.

2. jeans, (used with a pl. v.)

a. blue jeans.

b. trousers of various fabrics, styled or constructed like blue jeans.

[1485–95; short for jean fustian, earlier Gene(s)fustian Genoa fustian]

jeaned, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jean - (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear blue jean, denim Levi's, levis - a popular brand of jeans trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" workwear - heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
	2.	jean - a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric dungaree, denim cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"