English

Noun

Knickerbocker ‎(plural Knickerbockers)

1. (archaic or historical) A New Yorker, particularly a scion of its old Dutch families
2. (basketball, uncommon) A player for the New York Knicks
3. (baseball, historical) A player for the New York Knickerbockers

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ Knickerbocker, Howard. "Knickerbocker History (Some Thoughts on the Origins of the Name)".
2. ↑ Arthur, William. An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, with an Essay on Their Derivation and Import, p. 177. Sheldon, Blakeman & Co. (New York), 1857.
3. ↑ Munsell, Joel. The Annals of Albany, Vol. III. 1850s.

English

Noun

knickerbocker ‎(uncountable)

1. (archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers.
   • 1892, The Twentieth Century

     ...with a rudimentary beard to set it off, a dirty shirt, a rifle, a coat over my arm, and half a grouse in my knickerbocker pocket.

   • 1905, Daniel Leavens Cady, Stray Breaths of North East Song

     His knickerbocker days are gone,

     His last long stockings laid away:

     My baby has his trousers on, —

     My boy becomes a man to-day.

2. A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women's dresses.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(k)ni.kœʁ.bɔ.kœʁ/

Noun

knickerbocker m ‎(plural knickerbockers)

1. Alternative spelling of knickerbockers