plural jeans
1
: a durable twilled cotton cloth used especially for sportswear and work clothes
2
usually jeans
: pants usually made of denim or jean
… strolling with royal puppy Lupo through Kensington Gardens near the couple's two-bedroom cottage in a pair of jeans and rain boots.—
Alicia Dennis et al.
Alicia Dennis et al.Millions of people today buy designer jeans for double the price of equally durable generic jeans …—Jared Diamond
see also blue jeans, mom jeans
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Their sleek design would go well with everything from jeans and a lightweight button-up shirt, à la the Duchess, to a blazer and slacks for more formal occasions.
—Aaron Royce, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
My clothes, a mountain range of frilly skirts, dark jeans, and long-sleeve dresses on my bedroom floor.
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Goldschmied exits Daily Blue to launch Goldie, another woman’s jeans brands characterized by innovative production techniques like the use of pigments and garment dyeing.
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The Devil Wears Prada collaboration is this pair of cerulean jeans.
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Aaron Royce, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
My clothes, a mountain range of frilly skirts, dark jeans, and long-sleeve dresses on my bedroom floor.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Goldschmied exits Daily Blue to launch Goldie, another woman’s jeans brands characterized by innovative production techniques like the use of pigments and garment dyeing.
—Maria Cristina Pavarini, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
The Devil Wears Prada collaboration is this pair of cerulean jeans.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for jean
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“Jean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jean. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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jean
noun1
: a heavy cotton cloth used especially for sportswear and work clothes
2
plural
: pants made of jean, denim, or corduroy
Etymology
a shortened form of earlier jean fustian, literally "a fustian (heavy cotton cloth) from Genoa," from Middle English Gene "Genoa, Italy"
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