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academic gown

noun as in academic robe

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The price covers the student's ticket, academic gown hire, a souvenir brochure and access to a 90-minute garden party.

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They were grouped by occupation and wore identifying clothing—doctors, nurses, farmers, pharmacists, housemakers, actresses, librarians, college students in academic gowns.

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Paul had planned to march with the college women, so she was wearing her black academic gown.

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Mugabe, clad in an academic gown, made no speech at the ceremony, but opened the event to applause.

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Students texting as they saunter down the High Street wear long black academic gowns that have barely changed since the 13th century.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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