Meanings
nounmorning dress (countable and uncountable, plural morning dresses)
plural morning dresses
- countablehistoricaluncountableA woman's dress designed for informal day wear.
- uncountableClothing to be worn in the morning or daytime, as opposed to the evening; now (specifically), a man's formal suit consisting of a (usually) dark grey morning coat, waistcoat and striped trousers accompanied with a top hat, white shirt and tie or cravat.
Morning dress can be worn up to 5:00 pm.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Afrikaans oggendpak
- oggendpakman's formal suit
Finnish saketti
- sakettiman's formal suit
French jaquette
- jaquetteman's formal suit
German Cutaway
- Cutawayman's formal suit
Polish garnitur
- garniturman's formal suit
Portuguese fraque
- fraqueman's formal suit
Spanish chaqué, chaquet
- chaquéman's formal suit
- chaquetman's formal suit
Swedish jackett, förmiddagsdräkt
- jackettman's formal suit
- förmiddagsdräktman's formal suit
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APA
morning dress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morning%20dress
MLA
“morning dress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morning%20dress. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morning dress,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morning%20dress.
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