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col⋅le⋅gian

  [kuh-lee-juhn, -jee-uhn]
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–noun
1. a student in, or a graduate of, a college.
2. a member of a college.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML collēgiānus, equiv. to collēgi(um) college + -ānus -an
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col·le·gian   (kə-lē'jən, -jē-ən)   
n.  A college student or recent college graduate.

[Middle English, member of an endowed religious or scholarly body, from Medieval Latin collēgiānus, from Latin collēgium, association; see collegium.]
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