bloomer: Meaning and Definition of

bloo•mer

1. a costume for women, advocated about 1850 by Amelia Jenks Bloomer, consisting of a short skirt, loose trousers gathered and buttoned at the ankle, and often a coat and a wide hat.
1. loose trousers gathered at the knee, formerly worn by women as part of a gymnasium, riding, or other sports outfit.
2. women's underpants of similar, but less bulky, design.
3. the trousers of a bloomer costume.
4. any of various women's garments with full-cut legs gathered at the bottom edge.

1. (of a woman's garment) having full-cut legs gathered at the bottom edge: bloomer shorts.

bloom•er

1. a plant that blooms: a night bloomer.
2. a person who develops skills, abilities, interests, etc., commensurate with his or her capacities: a quiet, methodical child who became a late bloomer.

bloom•er

1. a foolish mistake; blunder.

Bloo•mer

1. 1818–94, U.S. social reformer and women's-rights leader.