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Definition of "chador" [chador]

  • A loose, usually black robe worn by Muslim women that covers the body from head to toe. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "chador" in a sentence
  • "More than a hundred women were gathered in a dimly lit hall at the main United Nations compound in Farah, standing before me covered in the black veil, or chador, that is so common in western Afghanistan."
  • "(Memo to Western feminists who think the chador is a problem: investigate this issue)."
  • "You get the chador, which is a veil that goes down like this."