Etymology

tartans

tar·tans
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Today it means: Clothes made from tartan fabric; specifically, full Highland dress. Full definition →

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From tartan + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and plural forms of nouns; and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of regular verbs).

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