Definitions for gown
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. gownnoun

   a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions

2. gownnoun

   the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located

   "the relations between town and gown are always sensitive"

3. nightgown, gown, nightie, night-robe, nightdressnoun

   lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women

4. gown, surgical gown, scrubsnoun

   protective garment worn by surgeons during operations

5. gown, robeverb

   outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions

6. gownverb

   dress in a gown

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gownnoun

   An evening gown.

2. Gownnoun

   The students and faculty of a college and university, as opposed to the local inhabitants not connected to the university; -- used often in the phrase

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gownnoun

   A loose, flowing upper garment.

2. gownnoun

   The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown.

3. gownnoun

   The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military.

4. gownnoun

   The university community.

   In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.

5. gownnoun

   A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

6. gownnoun

   Any sort of dress or garb.

7. gownnoun

   The robe worn by a surgeon.

8. gownverb

   To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

9. Etymology: gune, goune 'fur-trimmed coat, pelisse', from goune, from gunna 'leather garment, a fur', from Late Greek goúna 'coarse garment', ultimately from Sarmato-Scythian *gaunyā 'fur' (compare gaona 'body hair', Ossetian γun)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GOWNnoun

   Etymology: gonna, Italian; gwn, Welsh and Erse.

   1. A long upper garment.

   They make garments either short, as cloaks, or, as gowns, long to the ground. George Abbot, Description of the World.

   If ever I said a loosebodied gown, sew me up in the skirts of it, and beat me to death with a bottom of brown thread; I said a gown. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

   In length of train descends her sweeping gown,
   And by her graceful walk the queen of love is known. Dry.

   2. A woman’s upper garment.

   I despise your new gown, ’till I see you dressed in it. Alexander Pope.

   3. The long habit of a man dedicated to acts of peace, as divinity, medicine, law.

   The benefices themselves are so mean in Irish counties, that they will not yield any competent maintenance for any honest minister, scarcely to buy him a gown. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   Girt in his Gabin gown the hero sat. John Dryden, Æn.

   4. The dress of peace.

   He Mars depos’d, and arms to gowns made yield;
   Successful councils did him soon approve
   As fit for close intrigues as open field. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gown

   A gown, from the Saxon word, gunna, is a usually loose outer garment from knee-to-full-length worn by men and women in Europe from the Early Middle Ages to the 17th century, and continuing today in certain professions; later, the term gown was applied to any full-length woman's garment consisting of a bodice and an attached skirt. A long, loosely fitted gown called a Banyan was worn by men in the 18th century as an informal coat. The gowns worn today by academics, judges, and some clergy derive directly from the everyday garments worn by their medieval predecessors, formalized into a uniform in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gown

   A gown is a long, loose-fitting dress or robe worn by men or women, often on formal or ceremonial occasions. It can also refer to a loose-fitting protective garment worn in a hospital or laboratory.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gownnoun

   a loose, flowing upper garment

2. Gownnoun

   the ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown

3. Gownnoun

   the official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military

4. Gownnoun

   a loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown

5. Gownnoun

   any sort of dress or garb

6. Etymology: [OE. goune, prob. from W. gwn gown, loose robe, akin to Ir. gunn, Gael. gn; cf. OF. gone, prob. of the same origin.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gown

   A gown, from medieval Latin gunna, is a usually loose outer garment from knee- to full-length worn by men and women in Europe from the early Middle Ages to the 17th century, and continuing today in certain professions; later, gown was applied to any full-length woman's garment consisting of a bodice and attached skirt. A long, loosely-fitted gown called a Banyan was worn by men in the 18th century as an informal coat. The gowns worn today by academics, judges, and some clergy derive directly from the everyday garments worn by their medieval predecessors, formalized into a uniform in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gown

   gown, n. a woman's upper garment: a long loose robe worn officially by clergymen, lawyers, college lecturers, &c.—v.t. to invest with the gown.—adj. Gowned, dressed in a gown.—ns. Gown′man, Gowns′man, one whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and esp. a member of an English university. [M. E. goune—W. gwn, akin to gwnio, to stitch; Ir. gunn, Gael. gun.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GOWN

   From Lat. _gaudium_, joy. A thing of beauty and a joy forever; if from Paris, generally an article of some Worth.

Matched Categories

1. • Dress
   • Lingerie
   • Nightwear
   • University

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gown' in Nouns Frequency: #2973

Anagrams for gown »

1. wong

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gown in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of gown in a Sentence

1. Eleri Lynn:

   Not only is the 'Travolta' dress a fantastic example of couture tailoring designed to dazzle on a state occasion, it represents a key moment in the story of twentieth century royal fashion, we're delighted to have acquired this iconic evening gown for the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection - a designated collection of national and international importance - over twenty years since it first left Kensington Palace.

2. Nely Fleming:

   Then she reached into her purse and produced a measuring tape, and she said, ‘ This is to measure you for your wedding gown, ’ i am 5-feet-2, but at that time I felt up in the clouds – 6-feet-2 … like Sam Fleming was.

3. Tallulah Bankhead:

   I love your gown darling, but your handbag is on fire!

4. Nathaniel Moore:

   We are getting cries for help - from New York City emergency departments that have hundreds of patients coming in a day and they have no adequate gown protection to assisted living facilities that are sending us pictures of their staff without gowns.

5. Anne Hathaway:

   It’s an obvious thing, you win an Oscar and you’re supposed to be happy. I didn’t feel that way. I felt wrong that I was standing there in a gown that cost more than some people are going to see in their lifetime, and winning an award for portraying pain that still felt very much a part of our collective experience as human beings, i tried to pretend that I was happy and I got called out on it, big time. That’s the truth and that’s what happened.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gown
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=gown
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gown
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gown
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gown
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gown
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gown
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gown
10. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=gown