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BNC: 22347 COCA: 28163

Madras

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Madras /məˈdræs/ proper noun
or Chennai /ˈtʃɛˌnaɪ/
Madras
/məˈdræs/
proper noun
or Chennai /ˈtʃɛˌnaɪ/
Learner's definition of MADRAS
: city in India马德拉斯

— Madrasi

/məˈdræsi/ noun
BNC: 22347 COCA: 28163

See also: Tamil Nadu


madras

noun

ma·​dras ˈma-drəs How to pronounce madras (audio)
mə-ˈdras,
-ˈdräs
1
: a large silk or cotton kerchief usually of bright colors that is often worn as a turban
2
a
: a fine plain-woven shirting and dress fabric usually of cotton with varied designs (such as plaid) in bright colors or in white
b
: a light open usually cotton fabric with a heavy design used for curtains

Example Sentences

an Indian woman wearing a madras in bright yellow
Recent Examples on the Web There is perhaps no greater patchwork proselytizer than Ralph Lauren, who scaled up from scraps to reliably mass-produce tweed and madras iterations with each season. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2022 Take, for instance, the home with the endless expanse of silky green that bears the cross-hatched pattern of the finest madras. Kris Frieswick, WSJ, 22 July 2021 The thought of a Grosse Pointe Antifa made plenty of people who saw her tweet pause, given Grosse Pointe's longstanding reputation — er, stereotype — as the land of pastel polo shirts, loud madras pants and mingling at country clubs. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Madras, India

First Known Use

circa 1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of madras was circa 1830
BNC: 22347 COCA: 28163

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