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GOWN , properly the See also:

term for a loose See also:outer garment formerly worn by either See also:sex but now generally for that worn by See also:women. While " See also:dress " is the usual See also:English word, except in such combinations as " See also:tea-gown," " dressing-gown " and the like, where the See also:original loose flowing nature of the " gown " is referred to, " gown " is the See also:common See also:American word. " Gown " comes from the O. Fr. goune or Bonne. The word appears in various Romanic See also:languages, cf. Ital. gonna. The See also:medieval See also:Lat. gunna is used of a garment of skin or See also:fur. A See also:Celtic origin has been usually adopted, but the Irish, Gaelic and See also:Manx words are taken from the English. Outside the See also:ordinary use of the word, " gown " is the name for the distinctive See also:robes worn by holders of particular offices or by members of particular professions or of See also:universities, &c. (see RoBEs).

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