1. loose-fitting short pants gathered at the knee
Usage: historical; often plural
2. a descendant of the early Dutch settlers of New York
Usage: historical

Examples

• The golfer wore traditional knickerbockers and argyle socks.
• Boys in the 1920s often played baseball in knickerbockers.
• The old knickerbocker families had lived in New York for generations.
• His knickerbocker ancestry traced back to Dutch colonial times.
• The costume party required knickerbockers and suspenders.
• Washington Irving used the pen name Diedrich Knickerbocker.