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Definition of Gownsman
1. n. One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.
Definition of Gownsman
1. Noun. One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities. ¹
2. Noun. A civilian, in distinction from a soldier. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gownsman
1. a professional or academic person [n GOWNSMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gownsman
Literary usage of Gownsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Evening News, Stuff-gownsman (legal), a junior or barrister under the degree of
Queen's Counsel is so called. ..."
2. The Early Writings of William Makepeace Thackeray by Charles Plumptre Johnson (1888)
"THE EARLY WRITINGS 'M. MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. CHAPTER I. Irish Melody—The Snob—The
gownsman—The ... gownsman ..."
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