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bras⋅siere

  [bruh-zeer]
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–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
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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 
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.
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