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单词 Cantabrigian
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Definition of Cantabrigian in English:

Cantabrigian

adjective ˌkantəˈbrɪdʒɪənˌkæn(t)əˈbrɪdʒiən
  • Relating to Cambridge (in England) or Cambridge University.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These are Cantabrigian stories, told with a firm awareness of a wider British backdrop.
    • In the nineteenth century, publishers cranked out endless streams of literary and semi-scientific ramblings by Oxonian and Cantabrigian dons with too much time on their hands.
noun ˌkantəˈbrɪdʒɪənˌkæn(t)əˈbrɪdʒiən
  • A member of Cambridge University.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you happen to be a fellow Bostonian or Cantabrigian, then get in touch with chapter President Ronan Wolfsdorf find out what we're up to.
    • The group that has, for the last couple of years, straggled so far behind its Cantabrigian and Dunelmian (yes, it's a word) counterparts that we would consider ourselves lucky to choke on their dust.
    • Lubenow adheres to a dry empiricism and rigorous abstention from overt theory which he deems appropriately Cantabrigian and Apostolic.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin Cantabrigia (see Cambridge (sense 1) + -ian).

Rhymes

callipygian, Phrygian, Stygian
 
 

Definition of Cantabrigian in US English:

Cantabrigian

adjectiveˌkan(t)əˈbrijēənˌkæn(t)əˈbrɪdʒiən
  • Relating to Cambridge (in England) or Cambridge University.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the nineteenth century, publishers cranked out endless streams of literary and semi-scientific ramblings by Oxonian and Cantabrigian dons with too much time on their hands.
    • These are Cantabrigian stories, told with a firm awareness of a wider British backdrop.
nounˌkan(t)əˈbrijēənˌkæn(t)əˈbrɪdʒiən
  • A student or faculty member of Cambridge University.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The group that has, for the last couple of years, straggled so far behind its Cantabrigian and Dunelmian (yes, it's a word) counterparts that we would consider ourselves lucky to choke on their dust.
    • Lubenow adheres to a dry empiricism and rigorous abstention from overt theory which he deems appropriately Cantabrigian and Apostolic.
    • If you happen to be a fellow Bostonian or Cantabrigian, then get in touch with chapter President Ronan Wolfsdorf find out what we're up to.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin Cantabrigia (see Cambridge (sense 1) + -ian).

 
 
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