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Definition of Gowned
1. Adjective. Wearing a gown. "Beautifully gowned women"
Definition of Gowned
1. p. a. Dressed in a gown; clad.
Definition of Gowned
1. Verb. (past of gown) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gowned
1. gown [v] - See also: gown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowned
Literary usage of Gowned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with Notes by Thomas James Mathias (1801)
"... could presume To journey through the vast ethereal gloom ; Who tir'd of earth,
and dreams of gowned rest, Sunk in the elysium of his Cynthia's breast! ..."
2. History of North Carolina by Samuel A'Court Ashe (1908)
"The speakers to be gowned. — Tryon joins in asking for currency. — New custom
duties proposed. — The Assembly prorogued. — The Regulators associate. ..."
3. Our Hawaii by Charmian London (1917)
"But what snared our fancy on this occasion was not the gathering of august American
statesmen and their European-gowned, bejeweled ladies, ..."
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