Nehru jacket
nounUK /ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/ · US /ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/
Etymology After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket.
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A hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Derived terms
- Nehru-jacketed