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gownman

gownman is the archaic form of gownsman.

Meaning of gownsman

Noun

gownsman (plural gownsmen)

  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.1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC
  2. (archaic) A civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

Forms of gownman

pluralgownmen

Origin of gownman

From gown + man.

Questions about gownman

What is gownman the archaic form of?
Gownman is the archaic form of gownsman.

Words near gownman in the dictionary

  1. gownlets
  2. gownlike
  3. gownmaker
  4. gownmakers
  5. gownmaking
  6. gownman
  7. gownmen
  8. gowns
  9. gownsman
  10. gownsmen
  11. gowpen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gownman (page history and authors); gownsman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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