Definition of Oxbridge

1. Noun. General term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University).


Definition of Oxbridge

1. Proper noun. The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge collectively, in contrast to redbrick universities. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxbridge

Owenites
Owens
Owensboro
Oxalidaceae
Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis caprina
Oxalis cernua
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis crenata
Oxalis pes-caprae
Oxalis tuberosa
Oxalis violacea
Oxandra
Oxandra lanceolata
Oxbridge (current term)
Oxbridgian
Oxfam
Oxford
Oxford English
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford University
Oxford blue
Oxford comma
Oxford commas
Oxford movement
Oxford shoe
Oxford shoes
Oxford spelling
Oxford spellings

Literary usage of Oxbridge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"... is a village at the north-west extremity of Middlesex, between Rickmansworth and Oxbridge, twenty miles from London. Here Sir Edward Anderson, ..."

2. An Apology for the Conduct of the Gordons: Containing the Whole of Their by Loudoun Harcourt Gordon (1804)
"She might have had assistance at Oxbridge; tins waiter was ordered to take some porter to the post-chaise, of which the lady partook. ..."

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