Khaki

//xɑki// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of a yellowish brown color wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. countable, uncountable

    "When you've shouted "Rule Britannia", when you've sung "God Save The Queen", When you've finished killing Kruger with your mouth; Will you kindly drop a shilling in my little tambourine For a gentleman in khaki ordered South?"

  2. 2
    a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms wordnet
  3. 3
    Khaki green, a dull green colour. countable, uncountable

    "1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54. The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10."

  4. 4
    A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A soldier wearing a khaki uniform. countable, rare, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A British person. South-Africa, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable

    ""Frank, it's a khaki," I whisper, "keep straight on.""

  2. 7
    Khaki clothing or uniform. countable, in-plural, uncountable

    "1915 Out West magazine The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”). Noun sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”). Noun sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.

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