business suit
noun
: a suit consisting of matching coat and trousers or coat and skirt and sometimes a vest
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Insinuating the vacation was over, Diana began her final day on Aug. 30 in a gray business suit, and ended it, after dinner in a private suite at the Ritz, in a utilitarian look: a simple black blazer and white jeans. 
Eloise Moran, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022 Among the belongings Luis packed for his trip from Mexico to Atlanta was a business suit. Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 5 Aug. 2022 What happens when a 6-foot-7 green woman has to buy a business suit for court? Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2022 On a December day in 2021, Loving County Judge Skeet Jones, 71, climbed atop an oilfield tank surrounded by wide-open Texas desert dressed in a business suit and toting a pair of binoculars, hoping to spot an elusive black bull. Susan Carroll, NBC News, 22 July 2022 She was dressed in an expensive-looking business suit and could be a manager in an office or a software engineer. Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 15 June 2022 The man, dressed in a business suit, and wearing sunglasses, ordered a bourbon and soda, and the plane took off. oregonlive, 9 July 2022 Instead of taking a typical wool business suit, opt for an atypical color, such as tailoring color such as tailoring aficionados’ favorite Solaro cloth with its telltale red sheen (like this option from Neapolitan master Attolini). Alexander Freeling, Robb Report, 28 June 2022 Beneath her business suit and professional demeanor was an inspiring orator, Celia Wcislo, a longtime Service Employees International Union official told the Globe in 1998. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2022 See More
Eloise Moran, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022 Among the belongings Luis packed for his trip from Mexico to Atlanta was a business suit. Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 5 Aug. 2022 What happens when a 6-foot-7 green woman has to buy a business suit for court? Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2022 On a December day in 2021, Loving County Judge Skeet Jones, 71, climbed atop an oilfield tank surrounded by wide-open Texas desert dressed in a business suit and toting a pair of binoculars, hoping to spot an elusive black bull. Susan Carroll, NBC News, 22 July 2022 She was dressed in an expensive-looking business suit and could be a manager in an office or a software engineer. Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 15 June 2022 The man, dressed in a business suit, and wearing sunglasses, ordered a bourbon and soda, and the plane took off. oregonlive, 9 July 2022 Instead of taking a typical wool business suit, opt for an atypical color, such as tailoring color such as tailoring aficionados’ favorite Solaro cloth with its telltale red sheen (like this option from Neapolitan master Attolini). Alexander Freeling, Robb Report, 28 June 2022 Beneath her business suit and professional demeanor was an inspiring orator, Celia Wcislo, a longtime Service Employees International Union official told the Globe in 1998. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above