Definition of gown

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Gown (n.) The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military..

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Sea Gown :: Sea gown () A gown or frock with short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners..
Nightshirt :: Nightshirt (n.) A kind of nightgown for men.
Spare :: Spare (n.) An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
Gite :: Gite (n.) A gown.
Ungowned :: Ungowned (a.) Stripped of a gown; unfrocked.
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown..
Mantua :: Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown..
Nightdress :: Nightdress (n.) A nightgown.
Robe-de-chambre :: Robe-de-chambre (n.) A dressing gown, or morning gown..
Prunello :: Prunello (n.) A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns..
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown..
Corset :: Corset (n.) In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women..
Pinner :: Pinner (n.) A cloth band for a gown.
Sack :: Sack (n.) Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack..
Ungowned :: Ungowned (a.) Not having, or not wearing, a gown..
Train :: Train (v.) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
Negligee :: Negligee (n.) An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easy robe or dressing gown worn by women..
Dress :: Dress (n.) A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress..
Buffin :: Buffin (n.) A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns..
Ungown :: Ungown (v. t.) To strip of a gown; to unfrock.
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