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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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 Benjamin Homer Hall
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 Samuel Sidney
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 Charles Reade
