dress uniform

noun

: a uniform for formal wear

Examples of dress uniform in a Sentence

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Williams would show up at a high school in his dress uniform and pick out the most charismatic student. Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 Officials from National Transportation Safety Board and an honor guard of first responders in dress uniform are also present on the tarmac. NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025 His remains now rest in a wooden casket that was carried and guarded by military pallbearers in impeccable dress uniforms, similar to the attire worn by the Naval Academy midshipmen who saluted him on Pennsylvania Avenue. Bill Barrow, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025 In the early nineteenth century, soldiers wore dress uniforms that were often cumbersome without affording any protection against gunshots or artillery. Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019 See all Example Sentences for dress uniform 

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dress uniform was in 1814

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“Dress uniform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20uniform. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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