Meanings
noundress coat (plural dress coats)
plural dress coats
- A usually black evening tailcoat worn by men as part of the white tie dress code.
Synonyms: clawhammer coat, swallowtail coat, tailcoat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA usually black evening tailcoat worn by men as part of the white tie dress code.
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Translations
Bulgarian фрак
- фрак (frak)evening tailcoat
Catalan frac
- fracevening tailcoat
Esperanto frako
- frakoevening tailcoat
Finnish frakkitakki
- frakkitakkievening tailcoat
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APA
dress coat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dress%20coat
MLA
“dress coat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dress%20coat. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dress coat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dress%20coat.
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