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car·di·gan

 (kär′dĭ-gən)
n.
A knitted garment, such as a sweater or jacket, that opens down the full length of the front.

[After the Seventh Earl of Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell (1797-1868), British army officer.]
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cardigan

(ˈkɑːdɪɡən)
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a knitted jacket or sweater with buttons up the front
[C19: named after the 7th Earl of Cardigan]

Cardigan

(ˈkɑːdɪɡən)
n
(Breeds) the larger variety of corgi, having a long tail

Cardigan

(ˈkɑːdɪɡən)
n
(Biography) 7th Earl of, title of James Thomas Brudenell. 1797–1868, British cavalry officer. He led the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava (1854) during the Crimean War
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car•di•gan

(ˈkɑr dɪ gən)

n.
a usu. collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front.
[1865–70; after J. T. Brudnell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1868), British officer of Crimean War fame]

Car•di•gan

(ˈkɑr dɪ gən)

n.
2. See Welsh corgi.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cardigan - knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zippercardigan - knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper
slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper, zip - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
sweater, jumper - a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
2.Cardigan - slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail
corgi, Welsh corgi - either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head
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Translations
جاكيت كارديجانسُتْرَةٌ صُوفِيَّة
svetrvesta
cardigan
villatakki
vesta
kardigán
golftreyja, jakkapeysa
カーディガン
카디건
susegamas megztinis
jaka
pletená vesta
jopica
cardigankofta
เสื้อไหมพรมติดกระดุมหน้า
áo len

cardigan

[ˈkɑːdɪgən] Nchaqueta f de punto, rebeca f
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cardigan

[ˈkɑːrdɪgən] ncardigan m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cardigan

nStrickjacke f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cardigan

[ˈkɑːdɪgən] ncardigan m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cardigan

(ˈkaːdigən) noun
a knitted jacket which buttons up the front.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

cardigan

سُتْرَةٌ صُوفِيَّة svetr cardigan Strickjacke ζακέτα κάρντιγκαν chaqueta, chaqueta de punto villatakki gilet vesta cardigan カーディガン 카디건 vest kardigan sweter rozpinany cardigan, casaco de malha кардиган kofta เสื้อไหมพรมติดกระดุมหน้า hırka áo len 开襟衫
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About eleven, the next morning's papers were able to say, a squadron of hussars, two Maxims, and about four hundred men of the Cardigan regiment started from Aldershot.
I remember he wore a brown Cardigan jacket, and I know precisely the spot, in the midst of the array of bottles, from which he took the bottle of red-coloured syrup.
A wonderful third annual Gwyl y Barcud, Kite Flying Festival was held at Cardigan Island Coastal Farm Park, Gwbert, Cardigan, on the weekend (June 22 to 23).
She paired this with a Brora cropped cashmere black cardigan and matching suede boots.
TAMWORTH hero Samuel Parkes was one of a number of Light Brigade survivors who, in the spring of 1863, swore affidavits in the celebrated libel case of Lord Cardigan v Lieutenant-Colonel Calthorpe.
Cardigan, well that's a word we haven't heard for a while.
Around 10 years ago several groups of visitors to Cardigan Island Coastal Farm Park, Gwbert, near Cardigan, spotted a group of three killer whales, or orcas, just to the north of Cardigan Island, and about 80 miles south of Holyhead.
A huge search mission was launched in the Welsh town of Cardigan on Monday evening after the vehicle was discovered in the River Teifi.
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