GOWN

gown

(noun) a woman’s dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions

gown, robe

(noun) outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions

gown, surgical gown, scrubs

(noun) protective garment worn by surgeons during operations

nightgown, gown, nightie, night-robe, nightdress

(noun) lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women

gown

(noun) the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located; “the relations between town and gown are always sensitive”

gown

(verb) dress in a gown

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gown (plural gowns)

A loose, flowing upper garment.

A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.

The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.

The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.

(by metonymy) The university community.

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

Any sort of dress or garb.

The robe worn by a surgeon.

Verb

gown (third-person singular simple present gowns, present participle gowning, simple past and past participle gowned)

To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

Anagrams

• Wong, wong

Source: Wiktionary

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Gown, n. Etym: [OE. goune, prob. from W. gwn gown, loose robe, akin to Ir. gunn, Gael. gùn; cf. OF. gone, prob. of the same origin.]

1. A loose, flowing upper garment; especially: (a) The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown. (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. Dryden.

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

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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