Gowned vs Towned - What's the difference?
gowned | towned |
(gown)
A loose, flowing upper garment.
A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.
# The dress of civil officers, as opposed to military officers.
(by metonymy) 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.
To dress in a gown, to don or garb with a gown.
As a verb gowned
is past tense of gown.As an adjective towned is
having towns; containing many towns.gowned
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Verb
(head)gown
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Noun
(en noun)- In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.