Gownman vs Gownsman - What's the difference?
gownman | gownsman | Alternative forms |
One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.
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A civilian, in distinction from a soldier.
(Webster 1913)
Gownman is an alternative form of gownsman.
As nouns the difference between gownman and gownsman
is that gownman is while gownsman is one whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain english universities.gownsman
English
Alternative forms
* gownmanNoun
(gownsmen)- The two gownsmen lowered the rigid body. It lay straight as a board, supported by no more than its head on the chair-back, and its heels on the ground.
