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jean

(jēn)

1. A strong, twilled cotton, traditionally used in making uniforms and work clothes.

2. jeans Pants made of jean, denim, or another durable fabric.

[Short for obsolete jene fustian, Genoan fustian, from Middle English jene, gene, from Old French Genes, Genoa.]

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jean

(dʒiːn)

(Textiles) a tough twill-weave cotton fabric used for hard-wearing trousers, overalls, etc

[C16: short for jean fustian, from Gene Genoa]

Jean

(French ʒɑ̃)

1. (Biography) born 1921, full name Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000)

2. (Biography) Michaelle. born 1957, in Haiti. Canadian stateswoman and broadcaster; governor-general from 2005

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jean

(dʒin)

n.

1. Sometimes, jeans. a sturdy twilled fabric, usu. of cotton.

2. jeans, (used with a pl. v.)

a. blue jeans.

b. trousers of various fabrics, styled or constructed like blue jeans.

[1485–95; short for jean fustian, earlier Gene(s)fustian Genoa fustian]

jeaned, adj.

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Noun	1.	jean - (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear blue jean, denim levis, Levi's - a popular brand of jeans trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" workwear - heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
	2.	jean - a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric dungaree, denim cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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bluyín yin

jean

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"Jean Baptiste Greuze," Holmes continued, joining his finger tips and leaning well back in his chair, "was a French artist who flourished between the years 1750 and 1800.