exhibitioner
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of exhibitioner
First recorded in 1565–75; exhibition + -er 1
Example Sentences
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I flattered myself that, as an exhibitioner, he had hardly the right to talk to me about grammar.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines
"He is an exhibitioner and Edwardes is his tutor," Murray added; "and this afternoon about six o'clock I met Dennison coming out of here and Learoyd was waiting at the bottom of the staircase."
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles
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
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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