Gownsman
,—at Oxford and Cambridge signifies a dashing young buck, who is keeping terms of riot, extravagance and debauchery in a college, to qualify him afterwards to appear in London with eclat.
,—at Oxford and Cambridge signifies a dashing young buck, who is keeping terms of riot, extravagance and debauchery in a college, to qualify him afterwards to appear in London with eclat.
Entry taken from Political Dictionary, edited by Charles Pigott from prison and printed in 1795.