dress shirt

noun

1. a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs.
2. a man's shirt, buttoning down the front and typically having long sleeves with barrel or French cuffs, and a soft or starched collar, worn with a necktie.

dress shirt

noun

1. a man's shirt, usually white, worn as part of formal evening dress, usually having a stiffened or decorative front

Word History and Origins

Origin of dress shirt¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Some wore the Trump uniform of tan khakis and a white dress shirt.

From Salon

And yes, he saw the kid in the blue dress shirt wilding out to the song in a clip from a recent Kamala Harris campaign rally.

From Los Angeles Times

The large balding man in long sleeves roars with every splashed basket, gestures with every scintillating pass, face reddening, arms flailing, celebrating so hard he once ripped a hole in his dress shirt.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the more vulnerable moments the film manages to capture comes when Federer wears the wrong dress shirt to a photo call.

From New York Times

He captured Rivers’ essence down to the fit of his dress shirts, his facial expressions and his sandpapery voice.

From Los Angeles Times