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Definition of: costume
(kos′t
m, -tym) noun
1. Dress or apparel, including all the garments worn at one time; external dress, especially that of a woman; hence, dress in general.
2. The dress belonging to a given country, time, class, calling, or the like.
3. Fancy dress: a costume ball.
4. Local color in art or literature; congruity and accuracy in the depicting of a given place or period in respect to details of dress, action, accessories, etc.
—v.t. (kos·tm′, -tym′) ·tumed, ·tum·ing To furnish with costumes. See synonyms under DRESS. [<F <Ital. costuma fashion, guise <L consuetudo custom. Doublet of CUSTOM.]
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