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long robe

long robe noun: the legal profession.

Noun

long robe (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, with-definite-article) The legal profession.
    • [H]e contracted intimacies in some families of good fashion, especially those of the long robe, which would have enabled him to pass his time very agreeably, had he been a little easier in point of fortune […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    • I once saw two brothers of the long robe involuntarily stop and heartily enjoy the dialogue of that merry little fellow with Jack Ketch, who was about to hang Punch for the murder of his wife and his innocent babe.1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 150

long robe meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

long robe in Tamil

வழக்கறிஞர் உடை

long robe in Punjabi

a long robe, gown, cassock, or toga
ਚੋਲ਼ਾ coḷā

Origin of long robe

From long + robe, after Middle French robe longue.

Questions about long robe

What does long robe mean?
Long robe means the legal profession.
What is long robe in Tamil?
Long robe in Tamil is வழக்கறிஞர் உடை. See Long robe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is long robe?
Long robe is a noun.

Words near long robe in the dictionary

  1. long rice
  2. long rifle
  3. long rifles
  4. Long River
  5. long road to hoe
  6. long robe
  7. Long Rock
  8. long room
  9. long rooms
  10. long row to hoe
  11. long rows to hoe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: long robe (page history and authors); long robe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਚੋਲ਼ਾ (Punjabi) (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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