Collegian
[kə'liːdʒɪən;-dʒ(ə)n] or [kə'lidʒjən]
Definition
(noun.) a student (or former student) at a college or university.
Checked by Hugo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.
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Examples
- It misgave him that the Chief Butler must have known a Collegian, and must have seen him in the College--perhaps had been presented to him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Little Dorrit's lover, however, was not a Collegian. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- By this time the collegian would be up with him, and he would paternally add, VWhat have you forgotten? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Even in the shallow Marshalsea, the ever young Archer shot off a few featherless arrows now and then from a mouldy bow, and winged a Collegian or two. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- As it approached, there was not a Collegian within doors, nor a turnkey absent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He saw him in his mind's eye, a collegian, a Parliament man, a Baronet, perhaps. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These were the ceremonies with which he received the collegians. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Collegians cheered him very heartily, and he kissed his hand to them with great urbanity and protection. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Collegians were not envious. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The collegians he addressed, not as schoolboys, but as future citizens and embryo patriots. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the yard, were the Collegians and turnkeys. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was the quietest time the College knew, saving the night hours when the Collegians took the benefit of the act of sleep. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Witnessing these things, the collegians would express an opinion that the turnkey, who was a bachelor, had been cut out by nature for a family man. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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