Cantabrigian

[ kan-tuh-brij-ee-uhn ]

adjective
  1. of Cambridge, England, or Cambridge University.

  2. of Cambridge, Mass., or Harvard University.

noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of Cambridge, England or Cambridge, Mass.

  2. a student at or graduate of Cambridge University or Harvard University.

Origin of Cantabrigian

1
1610–20; <Medieval Latin Cantabrigi(a) Cambridge + -an

Words Nearby Cantabrigian

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How to use Cantabrigian in a sentence

  • For the fourth time the New Haven men struggled to the Cantabrigian twenty-yard line.

    Harvard Stories | Waldron Kintzing Post
  • Those who know the Cantabrigian guerilla respect his power, though they abhor his ways.

    Harvard Stories | Waldron Kintzing Post
  • Pleasant Taylor making himself merry with the stake was another Cantabrigian.

    Cambridge | Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker

British Dictionary definitions for Cantabrigian

Cantabrigian

/ (ˌkæntəˈbrɪdʒɪən) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University

noun
  1. a member or graduate of Cambridge University or Harvard University

  2. an inhabitant or native of Cambridge

Origin of Cantabrigian

1
C17: from Medieval Latin Cantabrigia

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