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Synonyms
gown (goun)

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

noun 

  1. A long loose flowing garment, such as a robe or nightgown.
  2. A long, usually formal dress for a woman.
  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.

verb: gowned, gown·ing, gowns. 

transitive verb 

To clothe (oneself or another) with a gown.

intransitive verb 

To dress in a gown.