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Meanings of court uniform in English

Spanish
traje cortesano
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Formal style of costume, generally heavily regulated, acceptable for wear at specific events at a royal court.

traje cortesano
Russian
придворный мундир и костюм в великобритании
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Formal dress for presentation at certain courtly functions in the United Kingdom.

придворный мундир и костюм в великобритании
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Examples for "court dress"
Examples for "court dress"
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In a cluster of ladies in court dress, the Englishman recognized Bernardino.
The Land of the Changing Sun
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Every one was in uniform or in what corresponded to court dress.
The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
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He came at nine, in full court dress, and kissed her hand.
Queen Victoria
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He is in court dress and wears the Order of St.
Three Comedies
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He was dressed in what was known as his court dress.
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
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There were several persons near, and a man in civil uniform was with the Maire.
Under Wellington's Command: A Tale of the Peninsular War
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The door, silent on its hinges, had softly opened; and within its frame stood a figure in dark civil uniform who gave the military salute.
King John of Jingalo: The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties
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The Emperor, displeased at this answer, at once quittedtheciviluniforms, and busied himself among the great epaulettes which filled the room.
Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men / First Series
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(The Civil Uniform creeps out.)
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
Usage of court uniform in English
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They do not travel in full dress court uniform as this man did.
Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress
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An agitated man in court uniform came to his side.
The Pirates of Ersatz
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You must have seen him: the fellow is in the full dress court uniform of the Panderobajensky Hussars.
Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress
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Only officers who are eloping with grand duchesses wear court uniform: otherwise the grand duchesses could not be seen with them.
Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress
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In my neighbourhood, for instance, stood a stout gentleman in court uniform, who wept aloud whenever the organ permitted his grief to be audible.
Dross
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Mrs. Madison also was present with Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, and the members of the Diplomatic Corps wore their court uniforms.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
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Gentlemen in brilliant court uniforms, princes and princesses he saw daily in the court-yards, on the stairs, and in the park of the palace.
A Word, Only a Word — Volume 03
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