Somervillianadj.n.
/sʌməˈvɪlɪan/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Somerville College, Oxford.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > place of education > college or university > [adjective] > university > specific college
Mertoniana1672
Johnian1740
Trinitariana1876
Cheltonian1888
Girtonish1888
Somervillian1896
1896 A. D. Godley in More Echoes from Oxf. Mag. 64 Ye Somervillian students.
B. n.
A member of the college.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > member of university > [noun] > (former) specific university or college
mountainer?a1425
Cantabrigianc1540
Oxonianc1540
Sorbonist1560
Oxford man1590
Oxfordian1645
Johnian1655
hog1690
Harvardian1702
squil1721
Cantab1751
king's man1751
Wadhamite1760
Princetonian1807
Brunonian1829
merchant tailor1829
Trinitarian1852
houseman1868
polytechnician1871
Mertonian1883
Cheltonian1887
Girtonian1887
Girtonite1894
Newnhamite1896
woman1896
normalien1904
Somervillian1904
Orangeman1908
Tab1914
Ivy Leaguer1943
Oxbridgean1959
plate-glasser1968
Yalie1969
1904 R. Bridges Let. 26 May (1940) 50 The Somervillians might object.
1922 Byrne & Mansfield Somerville College 1879–1921 iii. 38 The War Office was granted the use of the Somerville Buildings for the duration of the war..[which] over~shadowed the situation of the young Somervillians.
1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad xxix. 254 The two Somervillians..passed most of the afternoon and evening with the Josefs.
1966 E. H. Jones Margery Fry v. 35 ‘They were beautiful, in their Liberty dresses,’ said an old Somervillian..remembering the leaders of College society in the 'nineties.
1976 ‘A. Cross’ Question of Max ix. 113 In 1918 Somervillians were still being housed in..Oriel College.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.n.1896