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car⋅di⋅gan

  [kahr-di-guhn]
–noun
a usually collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front.
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Also called cardigan sweater, cardigan jacket.

Origin:
1865–70; named after J. T. Brudnell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1868), British cavalryman of Crimean War fame
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Car⋅di⋅gan

  [kahr-di-guhn]
–noun
1. Cardiganshire.
2. one of a variety of Welsh corgi having a long tail. Compare Pembroke (def. 3).

Car⋅di⋅gan⋅shire

  [kahr-di-guhn-sheer, -sher]
–noun
a historic county in Dyfed, in W Wales.
Also called Cardigan.
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car·di·gan   (kär'dĭ-gən)   
n.  A knitted garment, such as a sweater or jacket, that opens down the full length of the front.

[After the Seventh Earl of Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell (1797-1868), British army officer.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

cardigan 
1868, from James Thomas Brudenell (1797-1868), 7th Earl of Cardigan, English general distinguished in the Crimean War, who set the style, in one account supposedly wearing such a jacket while leading the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava (1854).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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