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noun

Gown n.

A loose, flowing upper garment; especially:

(a)

The ordinary outer dress of a woman, especially one that is full-length/ex>.

(b)

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. "He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield."

(c)

A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

Any sort of dress or garb. "He comes... in the gown of humility."

An evening gown.

The students and faculty of a college and university, as opposed to the local inhabitants not connected to the university; used often in the phrase "town and gown", referring to interactions between the university and the local townspeople; as, a town and gown dispute.

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"Gown" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the story is that after the happy event of the marriage the gipsy had a black gown and a purse of money presented to her by the Duchess as a compliment to her ...

— The Portland Peerage Romance • Charles J. Archard

... Zelaya, as the van rolled along. The queen had been mixing some kind of a lotion in a bowl. Now with a sponge she anointed Ruth's face and neck, far below the collar of any gown she would wear; likewise her arms and hands, and her limbs from the knees down. Then Zelaya threw some earth on Ruth's feet and streaked her limbs with the same. She gave her a torn and not over-clean frock to put on instead of her own ...

— Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies - The Missing Pearl Necklace • Alice B. Emerson

... on your foliage, and be seen To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and green, And sweet as Flora. Take no care For jewels for your gown or hair: Fear not; the leaves will strew Gems in abundance upon you: Besides, the childhood of the day has kept, Against you come, some orient pearls unwept; Come, and receive them while the light Hangs on the dew-locks of the night, And ...

— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 3 (of 4) • Various

... town is a corporation town, and tho' it is very poor now to what it was formerly, yet it has a ... who is commonly some poor man, they haveing no rich ones amongst them. About two days before Michilmass day the sayd ... being arrayed in his gown of state he mounts upon horseback, and has his attendants with him, and the macebear[er] carrying the mace before him, with two fidlers and a base viol. Thus marching in state (as bigg as the lord ...

— Folklore as an Historical Science • George Laurence Gomme

... dismissed the cab, and wandered about the neighbourhood, followed by suspicious glances from one or two policemen, until, after calling at the house twice, he was admitted into a library beset with tall dark bookcases. Here sat the M.P. enjoying the otium cum dignitate, in a handsome morning gown, with bundles of parliamentary papers and a little stack of letters on the table. But none of the legislative literature engrossed his attention just then: the Morning Post dropped from his fingers as he arose and shook hands with the son ...

— Cedar Creek - From the Shanty to the Settlement • Elizabeth Hely Walshe

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