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# pantaloon

«pantaloon» in Mova's school dictionary: **Pantaloons were loose trousers worn long ago** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pantaloons); old use

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pantaloons were loose trousers worn long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pantaloon/#m1)

2) In old plays, a pantaloon is a silly old man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pantaloon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

old use, in stories and old plays; the word is used for trousers or for a foolish old character

### examples

- The old man pointed to his pantaloons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pantaloon/#x1)
- Long ago, gentlemen wore pantaloons tied at the ankle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pantaloon/#x2)
- The clown in the old play was a foolish pantaloon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pantaloon/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; a pair of pantaloons is one pair, not two.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pantaloon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pantaloon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.