Tartans
//ˈtɑːt(ə)nz// noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Clothes made from tartan fabric; specifically, full Highland dress. plural, plural-only
"[A] chief in Highland pride; / His shoulders bear the hunter's bow, / The mountain dirk adorns his side, / Far on the wind his tartans flow […]"
- 2 plural of tartan form-of, plural
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of tartan form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Example
More examples"[A] chief in Highland pride; / His shoulders bear the hunter's bow, / The mountain dirk adorns his side, / Far on the wind his tartans flow […]"
Etymology
From tartan + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and plural forms of nouns; and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of regular verbs).
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