chamber-deacon
/ˈtʃeɪmbəˌdiːk(ə)n/noun
In the Middle Ages: a poor scholar or clerk, originally one from Ireland, attending the University of Oxford but living irregularly in private lodgings rather than in any college or hall. Now historical.
Origin
Late Middle English. Apparently from chamber + deacon.
- extra cover
- extract
- extractability
- extractable
- extraction
- extractive
- extractor
- extracurricular
- extracurricularly
- extraditable
- extradite
- extradition
- extrados
- extradural
- extrafamilial
- extrafloral
- extragalactic
- extra innings
- extrajudicial
- extrajudicially
- extra large
- extralegal
- extralimital
- extralinguistic
- extramarital