Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gownsman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gownsman \Gowns"man\, Gownman \Gown"man\, n.; 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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