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gownsmen

gownsmen is the plural 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.

Phrases with gownsmen

Questions about gownsmen

What is gownsmen the plural of?
Gownsmen is the plural of gownsman.

Words near gownsmen in the dictionary

  1. gownmaking
  2. gownman
  3. gownmen
  4. gowns
  5. gownsman
  6. gownsmen
  7. gowpen
  8. gowpenful
  9. gowpenfuls
  10. gowpens
  11. gowpin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gownsmen (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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