Bluegown
English
Etymology
blue
+
gown
Noun
Bluegown
(
plural
Bluegowns
)
(
historical
)
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.
Synonym:
King's Bedesman
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