Meanings
plural Peter Pan collars
- businessA flat collar with rounded ends, cut to fit around the curve of the neckline, usually white or pale-coloured.
A Peter Pan collar might seem like a winsome, Alexa-Chung-at-Paris-fashion-week look in theory, but, trust me, you will look absurd.
2016 September 2, Jess Cartner-Morley, The GuardianSynonyms: baby collar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA flat collar with rounded ends, cut to fit around the curve of the neckline, usually white or pale-coloured.
Origin
Famously worn by Maude Adams in her role as Peter Pan in 1905, though the style existed earlier.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French col Claudine
- col Claudinetype of collar
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Peter Pan collar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peter%20Pan%20collar
“Peter Pan collar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peter%20Pan%20collar. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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