Bluegown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.

Word forms

Bluegown Bluegowns

Etymology

From blue + gown.

Synonyms

King's Bedesman
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