gownsman

American  

[gounz-muhn] / ˈgaʊnz mən /

noun

plural

gownsmen

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

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Etymology

Origin of gownsman

First recorded in 1570–80; gown + 's ¹ + man

Example Sentences

But in my anger I saw nothing but the words, "not a gownsman."

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

Up sprang Inspector Fluffy,    Up Sergeant Jaggard rose, And playfully with staff he tapped    A gownsman on the nose.

From Cambridge Pieces by Butler, Samuel

Woe betide the luckless gownsman, who, on such an occasion, ventures abroad without an escort, or trusts to his own unassisted powers to defend himself!

From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Bede, Cuthbert

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 Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Why should he know that I was not a gownsman?

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas