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robe

Pronunciation: /rəʊb/
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Definition of robe

noun

  • 1a long, loose outer garment reaching to the ankles: a young man in a fez and ragged robe a baby in christening robes
  • (often robes) a robe worn, especially on formal or ceremonial occasions, as an indication of the wearer’s rank, office, or profession: he was dressed in his archbishop’s robes after some function
  • a dressing gown or bathrobe: he was clad in a short towelling robe
  • 2North American dated a lap robe.

verb

[with object] (usually as adjective robed)
  • clothe in a robe:a circle of robed figures [in combination]:a white-robed Bedouin
  • [no object] put on robes, especially for a formal or ceremonial occasion:I went into the vestry and robed for the Mass

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense 'booty') of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty)

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