Etonian
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Etonian
Example Sentences
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Anderson transformed the traditional Etonian morning suit into a captivating hybrid dress with flappy bands dancing along the floor.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024
But Dorries expressed her admiration for Mr Cameron's fellow Old Etonian Boris Johnson and they became firm allies.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2021
The next day the tabloids went crazy with the headline “Mystery blonde upstages Diana” and camped outside her house for a couple of weeks after bribing a dastardly Etonian to reveal her identity.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2020
Swire is a former journalist, the wife of old Etonian MP Sir Hugo Swire and daughter of former Tory defence secretary Sir John Nott.
From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2020
The ideal Etonian of history is, and seems likely long to continue, the fourteenth Earl of Derby, translator of the Iliad, and perhaps the most brilliant parliamentary debater of the century.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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