Clothing worn under other clothes, covering the area around your hips and legs; British term for what Americans call 'underwear.'
Compound of 'under' (Old English) and 'pants' (from 'pantaloons,' named after a Venetian saint character in commedia dell'arte). British usage emphasizes the 'under' part.
The word 'pants' originally comes from a silly theatrical character named Pantalone in Italian comedy, and British people still call underwear 'pants' to emphasize they go under your real pants—we're all using a joke from 500 years of theater history.
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