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Cantab.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Cantabrigian.


Cantab. British  
/ kænˈtæb /

abbreviation

  1. Cantabrigiensis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Cantab.

Latin: of Cambridge

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Cantab., had been appointed organist of Norwich Cathedral, in the room of Dr. Buck, who resigned the appointment in the month of June. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

To enter college after ten o'clock,—the hour of shutting them.—Gradus ad Cantab., p.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

Cut lectures, go to chapel as little as possible, dine in hall seldom more than once a week, give Gaudies and spreads.—Gradus ad Cantab., p.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

Thus dismissed the august presence, he recounts this jobation to his friends, and enters into a discourse on masters, deans, tutors, and proctors.—Grad. ad Cantab., p.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

Cantab., and Lieutenant H. R. Bowers, Royal Indian Marine—a slight token to perpetuate their successful and gallant attempt to reach the Pole.

From The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Turley, Charles

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