exhibitioner
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of exhibitioner
First recorded in 1565–75; exhibition + -er 1
Example Sentences
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William received his early education in Scotland, except during two years which he spent in a private school near London, and went in 1807, as a Snell exhibitioner, to Balliol College, Oxford.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
At Cambridge an exhibitioner has no standing in his college different from that of the ordinary 'pensioner', while a scholar is on the Foundation of his college.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
Being designed for the English church, he left that place in about three years, and entered, in 1740, an exhibitioner on Snell's foundation, at Baliol college, Oxford.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier
It seemed to me a delightful little sanctum; and for a moment I began to wonder whether, being an exhibitioner, I might not be entitled to one like it for myself—perhaps this was mine.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Talbot Baines Reed
“But you were an exhibitioner, Tempest,” I suggested, “weren’t you?”
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Talbot Baines Reed
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