Bluegown

English edit

Etymology edit

blue +‎ gown

Noun edit

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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