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manteau

/ˈmæntəʊ/

Rhymes with -æntəʊ

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Borrowed from French manteau (“mantle”). In the Iranian context, borrowed from Persian مانتو (mânto), originating in the Qajar period. Doublet of mantle and mantel.

noun manteaus · manteaux

A cloak or gown, especially of a kind popular with women in the 17th and 18th centuries. Not to mention the need to keep her manteau from becoming a sort of anti-parachute which sought to lift her free of the pavement.
A long, loose-fitting coat worn by Iranian Muslim women based off the trenchcoat, originally worn with a square Arabic-style hijab and in plain colours, and often associated with liberal politics. As a result of this politics of personal appearance, Iranians have come to refer to three types of woman, defining their politics by the clothes they wear: the chadory, the manteauy, and the maghna'eh-poosh. […] In contrast, the manteauy woman wears the loose-fitting manteau, often fashionably with

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@misc{manteau_2026,
  title = {manteau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/manteau},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}