pantaloon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pantaloon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pantaloon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pantaloon n a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man trousers worn in former times
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pantaloon \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}.