gownsman

American  

[gounz-muhn] / ˈgaʊnz mən /

noun

plural

gownsmen

1. a person who wears a gown indicating office, profession, or status.

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Etymology

Origin of gownsman

First recorded in 1570–80; gown + 's ¹ + man

Example Sentences

This meant little in the Middle Ages, when all intellectual callings were clerical, when at Oxford gownsman and clerk, townsman and laic, were convertible terms.

From Oxford and Her Colleges by Smith, Goldwin

A soldier who ran away from a battle and a gownsman who pushed himself into a battle were the two objects which most strongly excited William's spleen.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

This was an insult in which every gownsman felt himself involved.

From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Irving, Washington

Not a gownsman was present, except Hector Mowbray; and surely he was above the character of an informer?

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

Plato is a gownsman; his garment, though of purple, and almost skywoven, is an academic robe, and hinders action with its voluminous folds.

From Representative Men by Emerson, Ralph Waldo