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gown
I. \ˈgau̇n\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English goun, from Middle French gone, goune, from Late Latin gunna, a fur or leather garment
1. : an outer garment:
a. archaic : a usually loose and flowing outer garment worn by men
< the men wore gowns in the middle ages — F.W.Fairholt >
b. : the official or distinctive robe worn by men and women in certain professions (as law, education, the church, and medicine); especially : a long loose usually black garment worn by students, graduates, and officers of colleges and universities and varying in material, cut, and trimming with the academic degree of the wearer
< one of the barristers … hitched his gown up on his shoulder — F.W.Crofts >
< the medieval context surviving in these gowns and hoods — A.W.Griswold >
— see academic costume, geneva gown
c. : a loose garment draped in soft folds worn by the ancients (as the Roman toga) : the dress of peace
< he Mars deposed and arms to gowns made yield — John Dryden >
d. : a woman's dress; especially : one suitable for afternoon or evening wear
< her faded calico gown — Hamlin Garland >
< the bride's … gown and veil — Mademoiselle >
e. : a loose informal garment especially for lounging or resting (as a nightgown or a dressing gown)
< at first the baby will wear a gown both day and night >
f. : the cotton coverall worn by a surgeon in the operating room
< dressed in hospital gowns and masks — Grace Reiten >
2.
a. : the office or profession indicated by the wearing of distinctive robes
< men of the gown and men of the sword >
b. : the students and faculty of a college or university considered as a group distinct from the nonacademic world
< powerful rivalry in … society between town and gown — Robertson Davies >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English gounen, from goun, n.
: to dress in or invest with a gown
< to gown herself in the latest Paris fashions — Margaret W. Hungerford >
< capped and gowned dignitaries in the commencement procession > |