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cap and gown

noun

  1. a ceremonial mortarboard and gown worn by faculty, students, etc., as at commencement.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cap and gown1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Idioms and Phrases

Ceremonial dress worn at graduation exercises; by extension, the academic community (also see town and gown . For example, Mary was very proud) when she received her cap and gown for commencement . [Mid-1800s]
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Example Sentences

Not the least of these is the consideration whether the cap-and-gown habit is becoming.

And there is nothing supercilious in the invitation of the cap-and-gown brigade to the young men to come up higher.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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