aggie
1 Americannoun
noun
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an agriculture college.
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a student at an agricultural college.
noun
Etymology
Origin of aggie1
First recorded in 1875–80
Origin of aggie2
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; ag(ricultural) ( def. ) + -ie
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An aggie is someone engaged in the agricultural trades, or perhaps a student aspiring to be so engaged.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2012
Tel.: 913-228-0284 Roberts, called "the aggie" because of his focus on farm issues, is an eight-term incumbent whose Republican roots stretch back to the '50s--when his father was Republican National Committee chairman.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"He's not really an aggie," says one lobbyist involved in food and agriculture issues.
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The American Farm Bureau hailed his nomination, but it would have done institutional cartwheels if Obama had picked a toe-the-line "aggie" like House Agriculture Committee chairman Collin Peterson or former ranking member Charlie Stenholm.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He went to aggie school at the University of Illinois, where he kept to himself.
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Injuries to centre-back Nathalie Bjorn, full-back Niamh Charles and striker Aggie Beever-Jones have also proven disruptive.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Even after donating $100 million from the sale of a Roy Lichtenstein masterpiece, the philanthropist Aggie Gund never felt she’d done enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
One of the mountain rescue volunteers was lowered by rope into the coire to reach Aggie.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
Australian international Ellie Carpenter gave Chelsea the lead after 16 minutes when she hammered home from the edge of area after being put away by Aggie Beever-Jones near halfway.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
Get your clothes, says Aunt Aggie, ye are coming to my house till yeer mother is out of the hospital.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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