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
Example Sentences
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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
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
He went to aggie school at the University of Illinois, where he kept to himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He's not really an aggie," says one lobbyist involved in food and agriculture issues.
From Time Magazine Archive
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