Meanings
plural bomber jackets
- A short leather jacket, with an elasticated waist and cuffs, a fleece collar and a zip front.
Richard Kastleman[…] said in a recent interview that “the men's bomber jacket has become like the buttondown shirt. It's become a basic item for men.”
1990 June 5, Jeff Black, quoting Richard Kastleman, “Men's Outerwear True To Red, White, Blue”, in DNR, volume 20, number 9, →ISSN, page 5Synonyms: bomber, flight jacket
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short leather jacket, with an elasticated waist and cuffs, a fleece collar and a zip front.
Origin
Similar to jackets worn by bomber crews in WWII.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish pilottitakki, lentäjäntakki
- pilottitakkishort leather jacket
- lentäjäntakkishort leather jacket
German Bomberjacke
- Bomberjackeshort leather jacket
Hungarian bomberdzseki
- bomberdzsekishort leather jacket
Irish casóg píolóta
- casóg píolótashort leather jacket
Persian کاپشن
- کاپشن (kâpšen)short leather jacket
Polish bomberka
- bomberkashort leather jacket
Spanish cazadora, chompa
- cazadorashort leather jacket
- chompashort leather jacket
Swedish bomberjacka
- bomberjackashort leather jacket
Cite this entry
bomber jacket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomber%20jacket
“bomber jacket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomber%20jacket. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bomber jacket,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomber%20jacket.
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