Definition of Bustier

1. Noun. A close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress.

Generic synonyms: Top

Definition of Bustier

1. Noun. (defn English) ¹

2. Adjective. (defn English) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bustier

1. a woman's undergarment [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bustier

bustaurant
bustaurants
busted
busted flush
busted flushes
bustee
bustees
buster
busters
bustic
busticate
busticated
busticates
busticating
bustics
bustier (current term)
bustiers
bustiest
bustin'
bustiness
bustinesses
busting
bustings
bustitution
bustitutions
bustle
bustle about
bustle with
bustled
bustled with

Literary usage of Bustier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1814)
"The expressed by them of adhering to the Telegraph did not lose a man. The Ph. cause of their Great Father in England,, bustier was ..."

2. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1921)
"It forms an interesting supplement to the works on Hebbel by bustier and Tibal. In order to give the reader a true idea of the comprehensive nature of this ..."

3. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1867)
"Geschichte der Fli- bustier. Tubingen, Cotta, 1803. 8vo. (ncr Band of his Kleine historische Schriften. ..."

4. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"The English word " freebooter " became in French mouths " fli- bustier," in spelling which a silent s was inserted after the « by a false analogy, ..."

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