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Definition of Kameez
1. Noun. A long tunic worn by many people from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars).
Definition of Kameez
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of kamees) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kameez
1. a South Asian loose tunic [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kameez
Literary usage of Kameez
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1868)
"... -i-kameez in Abyssinia—that is, has been invested with the red shirt, which
only royal hi:ids can confer, and only persons who have thus been honoured ..."
2. The Enron Corporation: Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"Vijay Kadam was using the scarf of her salwaar kameez [a dress with a tight pant
and loose top and scarf] to strangle her and was trying to tear her clothes ..."
3. Double Jeopardy: Police Abuse of Women in Pakistan by Asia Watch Committee (U.S.), Asia Watch Committee (U.S. (1992)
"For women, national dress consists of salwar and a long tunic shirt (kameez).
83 The chador is a traditional garment covering women from head to foot. ..."
4. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume I of IIby Yoel Natan by Yoel Natan (2006)
"... a schoolgirl refused to wear the school uniform, the Shalwar kameez, which is
a combination of trousers and a tunic, because, as the government side ..."
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