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exhibitioner

American  
[ek-suh-bish-uh-ner] / ˌɛk səˈbɪʃ ə nər /

noun

  1. British. a student who receives an exhibition.


exhibitioner British  
/ ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃənə /

noun

  1. a student who has been awarded an exhibition

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of exhibitioner

First recorded in 1565–75; exhibition + -er 1

Example Sentences

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“But you were an exhibitioner, Tempest,” I suggested, “weren’t you?”

From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines

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 Reed, Talbot Baines

Miller had been a school-board teacher, an exhibitioner at college, and was possessed of a singular though limited intelligence.

From Nobody's Man by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Murray advised me not to join the wine club, because I was an exhibitioner, and the dons would be sure to fix their eyes steadfastly upon me if I did.

From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles

But then, though an exhibitioner himself once, he had now attained to the dignity of a senior, and was probably exempt from the laws binding on new boys.

From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines

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