COSTUME

• (noun) the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball

  "he won the prize for best costume"

• (noun) the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class

  "he wore his national costume"

• (noun) 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"

• (noun) the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)

• (verb) dress in a costume

  "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"

  synonyms : dress up

• (verb) furnish with costumes; as for a film or play

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