Definition of gown

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Gown (n.) The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military..

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Manteau :: Manteau (n.) A gown worn by women.
Train :: Train (v.) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
Dressmaker :: Dressmaker (n.) A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker..
Draggle-tail :: Draggle-tail (n.) A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.
Gown :: Gown (n.) A loose, flowing upper garment.
Gownman :: Gownman (n.) One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier..
Pluck :: Pluck (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown..
Bluegown :: Bluegown (n.) One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman..
Caftan :: Caftan (n.) A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash..
Gownsman :: Gownsman (n.) Alt. of Gownma.
Cyclas :: Cyclas (n.) A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made..
Robe-de-chambre :: Robe-de-chambre (n.) A dressing gown, or morning gown..
Ungowned :: Ungowned (a.) Stripped of a gown; unfrocked.
Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.
Mantua :: Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown..
Hood :: Hood (n.) An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood..
#NAME? :: -men (pl. ) of Gownma.
Prunello :: Prunello (n.) A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns..
Ungowned :: Ungowned (a.) Not having, or not wearing, a gown..
Dress Goods :: Dress goods () A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes..
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