gown

Meanings

Noun

• A loose, flowing upper garment.
• A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
• The official robe of certain professionals and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
• The university community.
• A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
• Any sort of dress or garb.
• The robe worn by a surgeon.

Verb

• To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman gune, goune, from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna ("leather garment, a fur"), from Ancient Greek γούνα ("coarse garment"), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Balkan or Apennine language. Alternatively, perhaps from Scythian, from Proto-Iranian *gawnám ("fur") (compare and Ossetian гъун)..