Gown Definition
goun
gowns
noun
gowns
A long, loose outer garment.
Webster's New World
A woman's long dress, esp. one that is elegant or formal.
Webster's New World
A robe or smock worn in operating rooms and other parts of hospitals as a guard against contamination.
American Heritage Medicine
The members of a college or university as distinct from the other residents of the community.
Conflicts between town and gown.
Webster's New World
A distinctive outer robe worn on ceremonial occasions, as by scholars or clerics.
American Heritage
verb
gowns
To dress in a gown, as in an academic or ecclesiastic robe.
Webster's New World
Origin of Gown
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Anglo-Norman gune, goune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”), from Ancient Greek γούνα (goúna, “coarse garment”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Balkan language.
From Wiktionary
Middle English goune from Old French from Late Latin gunna leather garment
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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