polo shirt

noun

: a close-fitting pullover often knit shirt with short or long sleeves and turnover collar or banded neck

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George style his navy blue two-piece suit with a black polo shirt and matching black dress shoes. Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 2 June 2025 He was last seen wearing khaki pants and a burgundy polo shirt. Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025 The capsule collection also features a classic shirt, a polo shirt and a T-shirt made from 100 percent wool jersey fabric, as well as accessories including a baseball hat made in a technical fabric. Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 14 May 2025 The match Postecoglou walked out in an all-blue outfit of smart zip-up polo shirt and trousers, plus all-white trainers, matching Spurs’ kit colours. Elias Burke, New York Times, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for polo shirt

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of polo shirt was in 1887

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“Polo shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polo%20shirt. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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polo shirt

noun
: a close-fitting pullover shirt of knitted fabric
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