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   cummerbund

   /ˈkʌməbʌnd/

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   • 1. a sash worn around the waist, especially as part of a man's formal evening suit.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Urdu and Persian kamar-band, from kamar ‘waist, loins’ and -bandi ‘band’. The sash was formerly worn in the Indian subcontinent by domestic workers and low-status office workers.

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   What is a cummerbund sash?

   • A cummerbund is a broad waist sash, usually pleated, which is often worn with single-breasted dinner jackets (or tuxedos). The cummerbund was adopted by British military officers in colonial India, where they saw it worn by sepoys (Indian soldiers) of the British Indian Army.

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   What does cummerbund mean?

   • : a broad waistband usually worn in place of a vest with men's dress clothes and adapted in various styles of women's clothes Recent Examples on the Web The model’s lineage shows in the black band that wraps the lengthy hood like a vintage Armani cummerbund.

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   What is a cummerbund dress?

   • A cummerbund is a wide piece of cloth worn round the waist as part of a man's evening dress. Matching ties and cummerbunds cut no ice with us. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   What is a Kummerbund & a cummerband?

   • The word cummerband (see below), and less commonly the German spelling Kummerbund (a Germanized spelling variation of the English word), are often used synonymously with cummerbund in English. The form of the cummerbund is a wide band around the waist. The fastening is a ribbon around the back, tied or held shut by a buckle or velcro.

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   Where did the word cummerbund come from?

   • The word cummerbund is the Anglicized form of Hindustani kamarband (Hindustani: कमरबंद; کمربند), which originated from the Persian (Persian: کمربند, romanized: kamarband). It entered English vocabulary in 1616 from India.

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   What is a cummerbund kamarband?

   • Cummerbunds (kamarbands) were an accessory to the dress uniform used in several modern South Asian armies, including the Indian Army, the Pakistan Army and the Bangladesh Army. It is generally worn during ceremonial parades and dinners. The colour or combination of colours varies widely according to regiment or corps.

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   A cummerbund is a wide piece of cloth worn round the waist, especially by men, as part of formal or Western Asian clothing. Learn more about its pronunciation, usage and history with examples from literature and Wikipedia.

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     CUMMERBUND meaning: 1. a wide piece of cloth worn round the...

   • Cummerbund in Traditional Chinese

     CUMMERBUND translate: （尤指男子正裝或中東男子用的）寬腰帶. Learn more in the...

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     CUMMERBUND translate: （尤指男子正装或中东男子用的）宽腰带. Learn more in the...

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   The meaning of CUMMERBUND is a broad waistband usually worn in place of a vest with men's dress clothes and adapted in various styles of women's clothes.

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   4 days ago · cummerbund (plural cummerbunds) A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket. [from early 17th c.]