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noun
a long, wide-sleeved outer garment worn as part of the academic costume.
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academically, academicals, academic costume, academic dress, academic freedom, academic gown, academician, academicism, academicize, academic rank, academic year
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How to use academic gown in a sentence
Enter a tall figure in a long black academic gown and black clothes.
A Student in Arms|Donald HankeyInvested with the academic gown and cap, I repaired in due form at the appointed hour to the Senate Chamber.
Our Hundred Days in Europe|Oliver Wendell HolmesWhen I saw him sitting at his window he always wore a wig, and few had seen him without his wig and without his academic gown.
My Autobiography|F. Max MllerHe was habited, although in his own house, in the academic gown to which his long residence in Oxford had accustomed him.
For the Faith|Evelyn Everett-Green