academic gown
Americannoun
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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
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Mounting the platform steps to get an LL.D. degree, he had caught his foot in the hem of his purple-trimmed academic gown.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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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