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Resident of the oldest English university city
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oxonian
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Word definitions for oxonian in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oxonian \Ox*o"ni*an\, prop. a. Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford, England. --Macaulay.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
An Oxonian is a member of the University of Oxford , England . The term is derived from Oxonia , the Latin form of Oxenford or Oxford . The term can also refer to an inhabitant of the city of Oxford . The matching word for Cambridge (the city) and the University ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to Oxford or to Oxford University," 1640s, from Medieval Latin oxonia , Latinized form of Middle English Oxforde (see Oxford ). Earlier as a noun (1540s).
Usage examples of oxonian.
But busy Monday arrives, and hundreds of Oxonians and Cantabs pour in to witness the speeches of the boys, and pay a tribute of respect to their former masters.
Oxonian, on receiving a hint from the squire, gave, with an air of the most comic gravity, an old carol, the first verse of which was as follows Caput apri defero Reddens laudes Domino.
Then the sleepless Boots went shirking round from door to door, gathering up at each the Bluchers, Wellingtons, Oxonians, which stood outside.