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Definition of Gownman
1. one who wears a gown [n GOWNMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gownman
Literary usage of Gownman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Monsieur De La Bruyere: In Two Volumes. ... The Sixth Edition by Jean de La Bruyère, Nicholas Rowe (1713)
"With as the Soldier is brave, and the gownman learned i we proceed no farther.
... a Roman was at once the Soldier and the gownman too. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1837)
"THE JOLLY gownman: An excellent new Ballad. 1. ... The gownman 's the best The
Statesman's a drudge, It must be confess'd, '• To captivate womankind. ..."
3. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"gownman, 1 One whose professional habit is a gown, ... and particularly a member
of an English university. — Webster. The gownman learned. — Pope. ..."
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