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Oxonian

Oxonian \Ox*o"ni*an\, prop. a. Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford, England.
--Macaulay.

Oxonian

Oxonian \Ox*o"ni*an\, prop. n. A student or graduate of Oxford University, in England.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Oxonian

"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).

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oxonian

a. (context mineralogy English) Describing minerals containing oxygen

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Oxonian

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 of Cambridge is Cantabrigian.

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.