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Johnian, n. (a.) Cambridge Univ.|ˈdʒəʊnɪən|
[f. John + -ian.]
A. n. A member or student of St. John's College, Cambridge.
1655Fuller Hist. Camb. (1840) 143 The Johnians, having intelligence by their emissaries, that the property of the person was altered. 1712Henley Spect. No. 396 ⁋2 The Monopoly of Puns in this University has been an immemorial Privilege of the Johnians. 1829Praed Vicar ad fin., The doctrine of a gentle Johnian..Whose phrase is very Ciceronian. 1885Athenæ um 7 Feb. 179/1 He..is nothing if not a Cambridge man and a Johnian.
B. adj. Of or belonging to St. John's College, Cambridge.
1785Grose Dict. Vulg. T. s.v. Hog, Jonian hogs; an appellation given to the members of St. John's College, Cambridge. 1886Pall Mall G. 19 June 4/2 By all the benefactors' merits, who bade us be, and raised our Johnian towers. |