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   gown

   /ɡaʊn/

   noun

   • 1. a long elegant dress worn on formal occasions: "a silk ball gown"
   • ▪ a dressing gown.
   • ▪ a protective garment worn in hospital, either by a staff member during surgery or by a patient.
   • ▪ a loose cloak indicating one's profession or status, worn by a lawyer, teacher, academic, or university student.
   • ▪ the members of a university as distinct from the permanent residents of the university town.

   verb

   • 1. be dressed in a gown: "she was gowned in luminous silk"
   • ▪ put on a surgical gown: "the lab is supposed to be sterile, so you have to gown up"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French goune, from late Latin gunna ‘fur garment’; probably related to Byzantine Greek gouna ‘fur, fur-lined garment’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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