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Definition of trousseau noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trousseau

noun
 
/ˈtruːsəʊ/
 
/ˈtruːsəʊ/
(plural trousseaus, trousseaux
 
/ˈtruːsəʊz/
 
/ˈtruːsəʊz/
)
(old-fashioned)
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  1. (in the past) the clothes and other possessions collected by a woman who was soon going to get married, to begin her married life with
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, diminutive of trousse ‘bundle’ (a sense also found in Middle English).
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