Meanings
plural seersuckers
- countableuncountablebusinessA thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
I saw merely a lank, commonplace, and simple-looking farmer, going about his chores in faded blue overalls, a seersucker shirt, and a straw hat of the kind that is called a "cow's breakfast."
1919, Harvey J. O'Higgins, “Benjamin McNeil Murdock”, in From the LifeSynonyms: hickory stripe, railroad stripe
- countableAn article made from such fabric.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
Origin
- Persianشیر و شکر
- Hindiशीरशक्कर
- Englishseersucker
From Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), from Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally “milk and sugar”), modified by folk etymology, originally alluding to the smooth (“milk”) and rough (“sugar”) surface of the stripes.
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Bulgarian крепон на ивици
- крепон на ивици (krepon na ivici)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 泡泡紗 /泡泡纱
- 泡泡紗 /泡泡纱Translations
Dutch gestreept cloqué, bobbeltjesstof
- gestreept cloquéTranslations
- bobbeltjesstofTranslations
Finnish lainekreppi
- lainekreppiTranslations
French crépon, sirsacas
- créponTranslations
- sirsacasTranslations
- cirsakasTranslations
- cirsacTranslations
- seersuckerTranslations
German Seersucker
- SeersuckerTranslations
Irish cnapéadach
- cnapéadachTranslations
Persian شیرشکری
- شیرشکری (širšakari)Translations
Portuguese anarruga, sirsaca
- anarrugaTranslations
- sirsacaTranslations
Russian сирсакер
- сирсакер (sirsaker)Translations
Spanish milrayas, mil rayas
- milrayasTranslations
- mil rayasTranslations
Cite this entry
seersucker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seersucker
“seersucker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seersucker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seersucker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seersucker.
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