demy
noun
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
demies
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pluralof demy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Those on the foundation are the dean, president, master, warden, according to the charter of the College; the fellows, scholars, called demies at Magdalene, and post-masters at Merton; chaplains, bible-clerks, servitors, at Christchurch and Jesus.
From Rides on Railways by Sidney, Samuel
This attempt at a solid fiction is, with their permission, dedicated to the President, Fellows, and demies of St. Mary Magdalen College.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles
The name of a scholar at Magdalene College, Oxford, where there are thirty demies or half-fellows, as it were, who, like scholars in other colleges, succeed to fellowships.—Johnson.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
