1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Gownsman \Gowns"man\, Gownman \Gown"man\, noun; pl. {-men} (-men). One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

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