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.
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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.
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He went to aggie school at the University of Illinois, where he kept to himself.
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Aggie Rozite also has been paid by Kalshi to post on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Michiel Holemans, who lives in Nottingham, put up about 20 A4 flyers across the city inviting people to take a photo with a printed picture of "Aggie" and send them to him.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
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
Rhys stars as property tycoon Nile Jarvis in new Netflix thriller series The Beast in Me, alongside actress Claire Danes who portrays reclusive author Aggie Wiggs.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
Auntie Aggie was waiting for me, and she hurried me back to her room, tucking me into bed next to her and whispering kind words as I cried myself to sleep.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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