GENTLEMAN OF THE LONG ROBE, subs. phr. (old).—A lawyer: see LONG ROBE for addit. quots.
1677. A. YARRANTON, England’s Improvement by Sea and Land, 34. Three worthy GENTLEMEN OF THE LONG ROBE.
1702. STEELE, The Funeral; or, Grief à-la-Mode, Pref. Far be it from any Man’s Thought to say there are not MEN of strict Integrity OF THE LONG ROBE, tho’ it is not every Body’s good Fortune to meet with them.
1856. MOTLEY, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, I. 377. Rich advocates and other GENTLEMEN OF THE ROBE.
1863. THACKERAY, The Roundabout Papers, xviii. His honour being even then a GENTLEMAN OF THE LONG ROBE.
