Ray-Bans

From Ray-Ban +‎ -s, from ray + ban, derived from the ability of these glasses to limit the ingress of either ultra-violet or infra-red rays of light.^[1]

Ray-Bans pl (plural only)

1. Luxury sunglasses of the Ray-Ban brand.
   • 1995, Nicholas Evans, chapter 24, in The Horse Whisperer, London: BCA [Book Club Associates] by arrangement with Bantam Press, →OCLC, page 233:

     She was wearing Ray-Bans and a bright pink bathing suit and in her other hand had what was probably meant to be a pina colada.

   • 2014 April 16, Chris Cillizza, “A man and his Ray-Bans: The story of Joe Biden’s sunglasses”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2015:

     By 2010, the Ray-Bans had become so closely associated with Biden that President Obama was mentioning them at campaign rallies.

   • 2015 April 22, Adam Tschorn, “Ray-Ban brand reprimands Rand”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 April 2015:

     Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul wears a pair of Ray-Bans during an April 18 campaign stop in New Hampshire.

   • 2016 July 4, Sally H. Jacobs, “Ray-Bans, iPhones and Nikes: Some Cubans are getting a taste for luxuries”, in The Washington Post‎^[4], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 July 2016:

     But as the long-sealed door between Cuba and the United States cracks open, Cubans are clamoring not just for clothes or medicine but for the iPhone 6 and Ray-Bans and Nikes.

   • 2025 February 28, Jacob Gallagher, “ASAP Rocky, Cleared in Legal Battle, Gets Right Back to Fashion”, in The New York Times‎^[5], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 March 2025:

     During his trial, the public seemed as interested in Rocky’s cinematic courtroom outfits as the details being argued. Throughout the ordeal, he almost always wore Ray-Bans, perhaps nodding to the job awaiting him once he cleared his judicial hurdle.

• “Raybans”, in Collins English Dictionary.

• Ray-Ban on Wikipedia.Wikipedia