gownsman
noun
a person who wears a gown indicating office, profession, or status.
gownsmen
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pluralof gownsman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With that, townsmen, gownsmen, and the entire city council rose in wrath.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presently two gownsmen turned into the walk, and as they approached, one of them said to the other— "Why, Halford, here comes Wilton's tall friend with Maurice, and a lady on his arm."
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B.
The townsmen under great provocation had seized three of the gownsmen in hospitio suo and threw them into the gaol.
From The Coming of the Friars by Jessopp, Augustus
Henry observed, "Yet you gownsmen should be best at such exercises, which are not meet for men who are more stirring."
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
When they go out in the evening, they are usually attended by two servants, called by the gownsmen bull-dogs….
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
