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Definition of Collegian
1. Noun. A student (or former student) at a college or university.
Specialized synonyms: College Student, University Student, Grad Student, Graduate Student, Postgraduate, Undergrad, Undergraduate
Generic synonyms: Educatee, Pupil, Student
Definition of Collegian
1. n. A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.
Definition of Collegian
1. Noun. A student (or a former student) of a college ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Collegian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collegian
Literary usage of Collegian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"•—Collegian. Four houses coming down on our heads in the next street ! you're right
... Fellow Collegian. Hold your tongue, you fool, only my hunting frock ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to by James Boswell (1884)
"... made the following minute on this day : " In my return from church, I was
accosted by Edwards,1 an old fellow-collegian, who had not seen me since 1729. ..."
3. Heads of the People: Or, Portraits of the English by Joseph Kenny Meadows (1878)
"We present to our readers the phenomenon which is common to both : in a word—the
Collegian. Oh ! Alfred, and all ye other founders of our venerable ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell (1907)
"... Collegian, Mr. Oliver Edwards—Early Recollections—Thomas Tyers—Johnson's
Knowledge of Law—Goldsmith and Lord ..."
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