Gownsman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.

    "The two gownsmen lowered the rigid body. It lay straight as a board, supported by no more than its head on the chair-back, and its heels on the ground."

  2. 2
    A civilian, in distinction from a soldier. archaic

Synonyms

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proprofessional

Example

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"The two gownsmen lowered the rigid body. It lay straight as a board, supported by no more than its head on the chair-back, and its heels on the ground."

Etymology

From gown + -s- + man.

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