Cantabrigian

[ kan-tuh-brij-ee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Cantabrigian

/ ˌkæntəˈbrɪdʒɪən /

of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University

1610–20; < Medieval Latin Cantabrigi ( a ) Cambridge + -an

C17: from Medieval Latin Cantabrigia

For the fourth time the New Haven men struggled to the Cantabrigian twenty-yard line.

Those who know the Cantabrigian guerilla respect his power, though they abhor his ways.

Pleasant Taylor making himself merry with the stake was another Cantabrigian.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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