CAMBRIDGE
ADJECTIVES
1711 ► CANTABRIGIAN belonging to Cambridge
NOUNS
1889 ► BUM-CURTAIN an old name for academical gowns when they were worn scant and short University usage → Cambridge University usage
NOUNS, PERSON
– a Cantab or Cambridge University man TAB c1910 colloq.
– a graduate or undergraduate of Jesus College, Cambridge JESUIT 1771 Cambridge University usage
– a member of the University of Cambridge CANTABRIGIAN c1645
– a non-regent member of the senate of the University of Cambridge, distinguished from a regent by wearing a black hood BLACK-HOOD 1763 obs.
– a person who is, or has been, a student at Girton College, one of the two Cambridge colleges for women GIRTONIAN 1887
– a person who is, or has been, a student at Girton College, one of the two Cambridge colleges for women GIRTONITE 1894
– a student at Cambridge CANTAB 1750 colloq.
– at Cambridge: a Bachelor of Arts who remains in residence after taking his degree, for the purpose of reading for a fellowship or acting as private tutor BACHELOR SCHOLAR 1856 students’ usage (Bk.)
– at Cambridge: a charwoman; one who makes the beds and performs other necessary domestic duties for residents in college BEDDER 1891 (Bk.)
– at Cambridge University: a fellow-commoner, i.e. a rich or aristocratic undergraduate, with special privileges and a reputation for self-indulgent laziness EMPTY BOTTLE E19 UK college usage
– at Cambridge University: an orator who made a jocose or satirical speech at Commencement VARIER 1614
– at Cambridge University; a person who has left school and come up to Cambridge for study, before entering the university BEAST 1891 sl. (Bk.)
– at Cambridge University: a student who is examined in moral sciences MORALIST 1866 obs.
– at Cambridge University: a term of abuse HAIRY-BOTTOMED TROMP 1930s sl.
– a term formerly in use in the University of Cambridge, denoting a pupil of a grammar school; a pupil of a glomery (the Latin grammar school associated with the early English universities) GLOMEREL 1841 obs.
– at the University of Cambridge: a member of a class of undergraduates entitled to certain privileges and distinguished by particular academic dress including the wearing of a hat, rather than a cap HAT COMMONER 1803 obs.
– at the University of Cambridge, a student who, having attained sufficient standing to take the degree of B.A., declares himself a candidate for a degree in law or medicine HARRY-SOPH a1661
– in the ancient universities: an officer (one of two) who fixed the rents of students’ lodgings; at Cambridge, where the ‘Taxors’ also regulated the prices of commodities, kept the standard of weights and measures, and punished those who offended in these matters, the office and title (taxor) continued into the 19th century TAXER 1532-3 now hist.
– in the University of Cambridge: a person of worth and learning, that is fit company for the Fellows of Colleges, etc. TANQUAM a1661
– the principal of a college at the University of Cambridge HEAD OF HOUSE 1570 orig. & chiefly Brit.
VERBS
1835 ► GATE at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford: to confine an undergraduate to the precincts of the college, either entirely or after a certain hour
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