overshirt

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noun

A shirt intended to be worn over other clothes.

OriginEnglish shirt ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

nounovershirt (plural overshirts)

plural overshirts

  1. A shirt intended to be worn over other clothes.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishshirt
  8. Englishovershirt

From over- + shirt.

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Translations

French surchemise
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Cite this entry
APA

overshirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshirt

MLA

“overshirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshirt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overshirt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overshirt.

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