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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white toga symbolizing manhood that boys of ancient Rome were allowed to wear at age 15.
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- noun (ancient Rome) a toga worn by a youth as a symbol of manhood and citizenship
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin toga virīlis : toga, toga + virīlis, of a man.]
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