gowned

gown

 (goun)

n.

1. A long loose flowing garment, such as a robe or nightgown.

2. A long, usually formal dress.

3. A robe or smock worn in operating rooms and other parts of hospitals as a guard against contamination.

4. A distinctive outer robe worn on ceremonial occasions, as by scholars or clerics.

5. The faculty and student body of a university: perfect accord between town and gown.

tr.v. gowned, gown·ing, gowns

To clothe (oneself or another) with a gown.

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[Middle English goune, from Old French, from Late Latin gunna, leather garment.]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

gowned - wearing a gown; "beautifully gowned women" clad, clothed - wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"

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