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Answer for the clue "A resident of Cambridge ", 12 letters:
cantabrigian

Word definitions for cantabrigian in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to Cambridge," 1540s, from Medieval Latin Cantabrigia (see Cambridge ) + -an .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
__notoc__ Cantabrigian is an adjective that is used in two meanings: 1) to refer to what is of or pertaining to Cambridge University , located in Cambridge , England ; or 2) to refer to what is of or pertaining to the cities of Cambridge, England and Cambridge, ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cantabrigian \Can`ta*brig"i*an\, n. A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.

Usage examples of cantabrigian.

It must have seemed incomprehensible to such a Cantabrigian that we should ever have been willing to leave Cambridge, and in fact I do not well understand it myself.

Cambridge, what the Harvard types call Cantabrigian, a little English cottage.

The most devoted Cantabrigian, after Lowell, whom I knew, would perhaps have contended that if he had stayed with us Willson might have lived.