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    costume
    cos‧tume /ˈkɒstjʊm $ ˈkɑːstuːm/ noun
     Date: 1700-1800
     Language: French
     Origin: Italian, 'custom, dress', from Latin consuetudo; ⇨ custom1
    1. [countable] a set of clothes worn by an actor or by someone to make them look like something such as an animal, famous person etc ⇨ outfit:
        the film’s lavish costumes and spectacular sets
        Hallowe'en costumes
    2. [uncountable and countable] clothes that are typical of a particular place or period of time in the past:
        The dancers were in national costume.
        performers dressed in period costume (=the clothes of a period of history)
    3. [countable] British English a swimming costume