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gownsman

[ gounz-muhn ]

/ ˈgaʊnz mən /

noun, plural gowns·men.

a person who wears a gown indicating office, profession, or status.

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Origin of gownsman

First recorded in 1570–80; gown + 's¹ + man

Words nearby gownsman

go without saying, go with the flow, gowk, gowl, gown, gownsman, go wrong, gox, goy, Goya, Goya, Francisco

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Example sentences from the Web for gownsman

To the instruction of a woman she added the logic of a gownsman and the love of a saint.
The Young People's Wesley|W. McDonald
The complete liberty enjoyed by him as a gownsman killed the habit of work so forcibly inculcated at his school.
Rowlandson's Oxford|A. Hamilton Gibbs
The gownsman and financier would find himself better off in France than elsewhere.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 9 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
In his own undergraduate days the yokel and the mob were outside the pale of the gownsman's interests.
Ruskin Relics|W. G. Collingwood

The gownsman, not knowing what had occurred, called next morning at the yard, and asked to see Mr. Fordham.
Joe Miller's Jests, With Copious Additions|Various