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academic gown

American  

noun

  1. a long, wide-sleeved outer garment worn as part of the academic costume.


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Hockney wore a gold lamé jacket at the ceremony, under the traditional academic gown.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

The price covers the student's ticket, academic gown hire, a souvenir brochure and access to a 90-minute garden party.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2022

Prominent among them was a figure modeled after Superintendent Catharine, wearing an academic gown instead of a robe, his trouser bottoms showing underneath.

From Time Magazine Archive

Heat shimmered over a brick high school in Mobile, Ala. A proctor in academic gown looked bored, listened to the scratching of a couple of pens.

From Time Magazine Archive

Paul had planned to march with the college women, so she was wearing her black academic gown.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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