<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an outfit for women, advocated about 1850 by Amelia Jenks Bloomer, consisting of a short skirt, loose trousers gathered and buttoned at the ankle, and often a coat and a wide hat.</li><li>bloomers, (used with a plural verb) loose trousers gathered at the knee, formerly worn by women as part of a gymnasium, riding, or other sports outfit.</li><li>women's underpants of similar, but less bulky, design.</li><li>the trousers of a bloomer outfit.</li><li>any of various women's garments with full-cut legs gathered at the bottom edge.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>(of a woman's garment) having full-cut legs gathered at the bottom edge: bloomer shorts.</li></ul>