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Use "gownman" in a sentence
"In this high post he showed a spirit as elevated; but it was rather a military spirit than that of the gownman, -- magnificent to excess in his living and appearance, and distinguishing himself in the tournaments and other martial sports of that age with much ostentation of courage and expense."
"A mere soldier little values the character of eloquence: A gownman of courage: A bishop of humour: Or a merchant of learning."
"For their speculations on this subject are wholly poetical; they have only their fancy for their guide; and that, being sharper in an excellent poet, than it is likely it should in a phlegmatic, heavy gownman, will see farther in its own empire, and produce more satisfactory notions on those dark and doubtful problems."