loose+gown

  • 31academic gown — noun a gown worn by academics or judges • Syn: ↑academic robe, ↑judge s robe • Hypernyms: ↑gown, ↑robe • Hyponyms: ↑Geneva gown • Part Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 32dressing gown — dressing gowns also dressing gown N COUNT A dressing gown is a long, loose garment which you wear over your night clothes when you are not in bed …

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  • 33dressing gown — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms dressing gown : singular dressing gown plural dressing gowns a piece of clothing like a long loose coat that you wear in your house …

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  • 34Geneva gown — Gene′va gown n. rel+clo a loose large sleeved black preaching gown worn by Protestant clerics • Etymology: 1810–20 …

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  • 35Geneva gown — /dʒəˈnivə gaʊn/ (say juh neevuh gown) noun a loose, large sleeved, black preaching gown worn by Protestant clergy, so named from its use by the Genevan Calvinist clergy …

  • 36Geneva gown — n. [see GENEVA BANDS] a long, loose, wide sleeved black gown, worn by many Protestant clergy …

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  • 37powdering-gown — powˈdering gown noun A loose dressing gown worn while the hair was being powdered • • • Main Entry: ↑powder …

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  • 38bed|gown — «BEHD GOWN», noun. 1. a nightgown. 2. British Dialect. a loose jacket worn by women of the working class …

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  • 39Geneva gown — noun Etymology: from its use by the Calvinist clergy of Geneva Date: 1820 a loose large sleeved black academic gown widely used as a vestment by members of the Protestant clergy …

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  • 40Geneva gown — a loose, large sleeved, black preaching gown worn by members of the Protestant clergy: so named from its use by the Calvinist clergy of Geneva, Switzerland. [1810 20] * * * …

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