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sus⋅pend⋅er

  [suh-spen-der]
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–noun
1. Usually, suspenders. Also called, especially British, braces. adjustable straps or bands worn over the shoulders with the ends buttoned or clipped to the waistband of a pair of trousers or a skirt to support it.
2. British. garter.
3. a hanging cable or chain in a suspension bridge connecting the deck with the suspension cable or chain.
4. a person or thing that suspends.
Origin:
1515–25; 1800–10, Americanism for def. 1; suspend + -er 1

Related forms:
sus⋅pend⋅er⋅less, adjective
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gar⋅ter

  [gahr-ter]
–noun
1. Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
2. a similar band worn to hold up a shirt sleeve.
3. a leather strap for passing through a loop at the back of a boot and buckling around the leg to keep the boot from slipping.
4. British.
a. the badge of the Order of the Garter.
b. membership in the Order.
c. (initial capital letter) the Order itself.
d. (usually initial capital letter) a member of the Order.
–verb (used with object)
5. to fasten with a garter.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < ONF gartier, deriv. of garet the bend of the knee < Celtic; cf. Welsh gar shank, Breton gâr leg

Related forms:
gar⋅ter⋅less, adjective
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sus·pend·er   (sə-spěn'dər)   
n.  
  1. One, such as a hook, that suspends something else.
  2. An often elastic strap worn over the shoulders to support trousers. Often used in the plural.
  3. Chiefly British A garter.
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Suspender

Sus*pend"er\, n. One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Suspender
Spanish: aplazar,
German: vertagen,
Japanese: 延期する, 休会する
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