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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Columbine, Hanswurst, Harlequin, Pantalone, Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, Scaramouch, buffo, buffoon, clown, fool, harlequin, jack-pudding, jester, merry-andrew, motley, motley fool, pickle-herring, zany
2. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, breeches, breeks, britches, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard, jeans, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, older, oldster, pair of trousers, pantaloons, pants, patriarch, presbyter, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, slacks, the quiet-voiced elders, trews, trousers, venerable sir, veteran
Dictionary Results for pantaloon:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Pantaloon
    n 1: a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes
    2: a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish
       old man
    3: trousers worn in former times

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pantaloon \Pan`ta*loon"\, n. [F. pantalon, fr. It. pantalone, a
   masked character in the Italian comedy, who wore breeches and
   stockings that were all of one piece, from Pantaleone, the
   patron saint of Venice, which, as a baptismal name, is very
   frequent among the Venetians, and is applied to them by the
   other Italians as a nickname, fr. Gr. Pantale`wn, lit., all
   lion, a Greek personal name.]
   1. A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian
      comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes. --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]

            The sixth age shifts
            Into the lean and slippered pantaloon. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. pl. A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from
      the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and
      stockings in one.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. pl. In recent times, a loose-fitting variety of
      Trousers, often of less than ankle length.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

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