From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
jean
n 1: (usually plural) close-fitting pants of heavy denim for
casual wear [syn: blue jean, denim]
2: a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric [syn: denim,
dungaree]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
jean \jean\ (j[=a]n), n. [Prob. named from Genoa. See Jane.]
1. A twilled cotton cloth.
[1913 Webster]
2. (pl.) (j[=e]nz), Same as blue jeans.
[PJC]
3. (pl.) (j[=e]nz), Pants made of different fabrics,
resembling blue jeans.
[PJC]
Satin jean, a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after
the manner of satin.
[1913 Webster]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
JEAN
<language> A dialect of JOSS.
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