gownsman
Americannoun
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gownsmen
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A soldier who ran away from a battle and a gownsman who pushed himself into a battle were the two objects which most strongly excited William's spleen.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Before he could reply, the colonel and his wife drew near, and Charles quickly introduced the young gownsman, whom he had seen more than once, and of whom he had heard favourable accounts.
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by H. B. Paull
Why should he know that I was not a gownsman?
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Thomas Hughes
A plain squire, he was told, was as likely to serve the country well as the most fluent gownsman, who was ready, for a guinea, to prove that black was white.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
"I hope I didn't hurt you much, Really, when I spoke so sharply, I did not see that you were not a gownsman!"
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Thomas Hughes
With that, townsmen, gownsmen, and the entire city council rose in wrath.
From Time Magazine Archive
The meadows below were thronged with gownsmen from the various colleges, as well as by crowds of townsfolk, all in holiday attire, who had streamed out of the gates to hear the singing.
From For the Faith by Evelyn Everett-Green
They brought two gownsmen of Christ Church with them, companions of Andrews, who were quite as talkative and nearly as rude and boisterous as themselves.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft
At Oxford townsmen and gownsmen greeted Lord Lovelace and the forces he led with uproarious welcome.
From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by John Richard Green
Yet in sad sooth, When I would love these English gownsmen, sighs Heave my frail breast, and weakness dims mine eyes.
From Ionica by William (AKA William Johnson) Cory
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