ulster
See also: Ulster
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Named after the Ulster Overcoat Company of Belfast, Northern Ireland (Ulster), the original maker of this type of coat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ulster (plural ulsters)
- (clothing, men's attire) A long, loose overcoat made of wool or other rough material, often called a greatcoat, which sometimes features an attached shoulder cape covering the back and sleeves, and which can sometimes be buttoned in front.
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia, Norton, published 2005, page 32:
- I hardened my heart and took the smoke-rocket from under my ulster.
- 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
- “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, X [Uniform ed., p. 102]:
- Off slipped a sodden ulster. He hung it up angrily upon a peg …
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
type of overcoat
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English ulster or French ulster.
Noun edit
ulster n (plural ulstere)
Declension edit
Declension of ulster
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ulster | ulsterul | (niște) ulstere | ulsterele |
genitive/dative | (unui) ulster | ulsterului | (unor) ulstere | ulsterelor |
vocative | ulsterule | ulsterelor |