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Definition: SILK GOWN |
SILK GOWN1. The distinctive robe of a barrister who has been appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers, who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.] |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Silk Gown A queen's counsel. So called because his canonical robe is a black silk gown. That of an ordinary barrister is made of stuff or prunello. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lawyer | Noun: lawyer, attorney, legal counsel; counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law; jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate; barrister, barrister at law; King's or Queen's counsel; K.C.; Q.C.; silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher; tubman, judge. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: SILK GOWN |
| English words defined with "SILK GOWN": Stuff gown. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
silk gown | 15 |
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| Language | Translations for "SILK GOWN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | kraliyet avukatının cüppesi, ipek cüppe (silk). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-k-l-n-o-s-w" | |
-1 letter: lowings, slowing. | |
-2 letters: klongs, losing, lowing, soling, sowing. | |
-3 letters: ginks, glows, gowks, gowns, ikons, kilns, kilos, kings, kinos, klong, knows, lingo, lings, links, linos, lions, loins, longs, noils, oinks, owing, sling, slink, swing, swink, wings, winks, winos, wonks. | |
-4 letters: gink, gins, glow, gowk, gown, ikon, ilks, inks, ions, kiln, kilo, king, kino, kins, know. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-k-l-n-o-s-w" | |
+4 letters: misknowledge. | |
+5 letters: metalworkings, misknowledges. | |
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