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bras⋅siere
[bruh-zeer] 
–noun
| a woman's undergarment for supporting the breasts. |
Also, bras⋅sière.
Also called bra.
Origin:
1910–15; < F brassière bodice worn as an undergarment to support the breasts (now obs. in this sense), MF bracieres camisole, OF: armor for the arms, equiv. to bras arm (see brace ) + -ière, suffix added to body part nouns, the resultant deriv. denoting an article for that part < L -āria -ary
1910–15; < F brassière bodice worn as an undergarment to support the breasts (now obs. in this sense), MF bracieres camisole, OF: armor for the arms, equiv. to bras arm (see brace ) + -ière, suffix added to body part nouns, the resultant deriv. denoting an article for that part < L -āria -ary
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| bras·siere (brə-zîr') n. A woman's undergarment worn to support and give contour to the breasts. [French brassière, child's jacket with sleeves, brassiere, from Old French braciere : bras, arm (from Latin brācchium; see brachium) + -iere, -ier, one associated with; see -er1.] |
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Brassiere
Bras`si[`e]re"\, n. [F.] A form of woman's underwaist stiffened with whalebones, or the like, and worn to support the breasts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : brassiere
Spanish:
sujetador, sostén,
German:
der Büstenhalter,
Japanese:
ブラジャー
brassiere
18c., "woman's underbodice," from Fr. brassière "child's chemise, shoulder strap" (17c.), from O.Fr. braciere "arm guard," from bras "an arm," from L. brachium (see brace). Modern use is a euphemistic borrowing first recorded 1909.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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