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Definition of town and gown noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

town and gown

noun

/ˌtaʊn ən ˈɡaʊn/

/ˌtaʊn ən ˈɡaʊn/

[uncountable]

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the relationship between the people who live permanently in a town where there is a university and the members of the university

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