gownsman

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noun

One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.

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Meanings

noungownsman (plural gownsmen)

plural gownsmen · alternative gownman

  1. One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.

    The two gownsmen lowered the rigid body. It lay straight as a board, supported by no more than its head on the chair-back, and its heels on the ground.

    1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC
  2. archaicA civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

Origin

From gown + -s- + man.

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APA

gownsman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gownsman

MLA

“gownsman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gownsman. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gownsman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gownsman.

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