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collegian

[ kuh-lee-juhn, -jee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a student in, or a graduate of, a college.
  2. a member of a college.


collegian

/ kəˈliːdʒɪən /

noun

  1. a current member of a college; student


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Other Words From

  • postcol·legian noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of collegian1

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin collēgiānus, equivalent to collēgi ( um ) college + -ānus -an

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Example Sentences

Other collegians include Florida State’s Jaelin Howell and Stanford’s Catarina Macario, a Brazilian-born naturalized citizen who is awaiting FIFA eligibility approval.

By token of your Virgilian diversions shall I assume that you are a collegian, really or almost?

This officer is evidently a “Collegian” of the old days, under Inman, for he refers to what they learnt in 1824 and 1825.

The account of the collegian, which forms the plot of the story "In the Fog," is even more daring in its realism.

The simple, manly style of his printed address fully equals in literary ability that of the average collegian in the twenties.

There was not a collegian within doors, nor a turnkey absent, as they crossed the yard.

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