wardrobe
noun
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There is a lot of word history packed into wardrobe. The word was borrowed by Middle-English speakers from a variant of Anglo-French garderobe. A combination of garder and robe, garderobe itself has been borrowed into English as a synonym of wardrobe. If the roots of garderobe look familiar, it is because they are the source of a number of different English words. Garder has given us the verbs guard and ward. And French robe, of course, is the source of the English robe and shares its own origins with the English verbs rob and reave (a synonym of plunder). If this connection seems odd, it might help to know that robe can be traced back to Germanic origins related to the Old High German words roub ("booty" or "looted clothing") and roubōn ("to rob").
Examples of wardrobe in a Sentence
Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 23 Jan. 2025
To prepare for the upcoming season while fleshing out your winter travel wardrobe, choose pieces that can be worn year-round.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
Double denim Few things are as sartorially reliable in a man’s wardrobe as denim.
—Scarlett Conlon, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Her look consisted of a brown suede jacket and matching miniskirt, which could easily be worn separately, increasing their value in your wardrobe exponentially.
—Teresa Romero Martínez, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Wardrobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wardrobe. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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