English Explanatory Dictionary

kontusz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of outer garment popular in the 16th century worn by Hungarian and Polish–Lithuanian noblemen, which in the 17th century (worn over a żupan) became a notable element of male Polish national and Zaporozhian Cossack attire.

Word forms

kontusz kontuszes

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish kontusz.

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