collegian

[ kuh-lee-juhn, -jee-uhn ]

/ kəˈli dʒən, -dʒi ən /

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noun

a student in, or a graduate of, a college.

a member of a college.

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Origin of collegian

1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin collēgiānus, equivalent to collēgi(um) college + -ānus-an

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How to use collegian in a sentence

Other collegians include Florida State’s Jaelin Howell and Stanford’s Catarina Macario, a Brazilian-born naturalized citizen who is awaiting FIFA eligibility approval.
As USWNT gathers to prepare for Olympics, Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd rejoin squad|Steven Goff|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
By token of your Virgilian diversions shall I assume that you are a collegian, really or almost?
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
This officer is evidently a “Collegian” of the old days, under Inman, for he refers to what they learnt in 1824 and 1825.
The Story of the "Britannia"|E. P. Statham
The account of the collegian, which forms the plot of the story "In the Fog," is even more daring in its realism.
Contemporary Russian Novelists|Serge Persky

The simple, manly style of his printed address fully equals in literary ability that of the average collegian in the twenties.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln|John G. Nicolay
There was not a collegian within doors, nor a turnkey absent, as they crossed the yard.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III|Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

British Dictionary definitions for collegian

collegian

/ (kəˈliːdʒɪən) /

noun

a current member of a college; student

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