<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>pantaloons: a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.</li><li>Also Pan·ta·lo·ne: (in commedia dell'arte) a foolish old Venetian merchant, usually the head of a household, generally lascivious and frequently deceived in the course of lovers' intrigues.</li><li>(in the modern pantomime) a foolish, vicious old man, the butt and accomplice of the clown.</li></ul>