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Meaning of costume

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  costume
      n 1: the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won
           the prize for best costume"
      2: unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate
         to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on
         his woolen costume"
      3: the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and
         hair style as well as garments)
      4: the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social
         class; "he wore his national costume"
      v 1: dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as
           pumpkins" [syn: {costume}, {dress up}]
      2: furnish with costumes; as for a film or play

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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