garb

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He might look for welcome from friend and foe Dressed in Danish garb, and bearing the minstrel's harp, the daring king boldly sought and entered the camp of the invaders, his coming greeted with joy by the Danish warriors, who loved martial music as they loved war Songs of Danish prowess fell from the disguised minstrel's lips, to the delight of his audience.

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  1. noun A distinctive style or form of clothing; dress: clerical garb.
  2. noun An outward appearance; a guise: presented their radical ideas in the garb of moderation.
  3. transitive verb To cover with or as if with clothing; dress.

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  • Why, she'd have them all strutting around in English garb by winter if he wasn't more careful, Alec decided. —  Garwood, Julie - The Bride
  • I have sent a second copy of this article to Paris, where it is to appear in French garb. —  Letters of Franz Liszt, Volume 1, "From Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso,"
  • KING JOHN'S CAPTIVE THE INDIVIDUAL who had spoken might have stepped from the pages of some historical tome, for his garb was that of a fighting man of the thirteenth century. —  021 - The Sea Magician
  • The Politico reports that the response is "from Maggie Williams, which doesn't respond to the question of whether a staffer was circulating the photo of Obama in Somali garb, but takes issue with the Obama campaign's embrace of the issue:" —  The Moderate Voice
  • Hansen, who was dressed in the traditional garb of a babushka, the Russian word for grandmother, is a missionary for Valley Bible Church in San Marcos who will make her 15th annual trip to Russia for the church this summer.
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Obsolete French garbe, grace, from Italian garbo, from garbare, to please, of Germanic origin.

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  1. from Old French garbe, gracefulness, comeliness, handsomeness, = Spanish Portuguese garbo, gracefulness, gentility, = Italian garbo, gracefulness, pleasing manners, from Old High German garawi, preparation, dress, gear, = Anglo-Saxon gearwe, preparation, dress, ornament, later English gear, of which garb is thus a doublet: see gear, gar, and yare..
  2. from garb, n.
 

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