Harrovian
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Harrovian
1860–65; < New Latin Harrovi ( a ) Harrow + -an
Example Sentences
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Last week the police hauled into court Old Etonian Nicolas Boord, 22, a company director, Old Harrovian Peter Scaramanga, 25, described as a horse dealer, and Old Harrovian Peter Sterry, 29, also a company director.
From Time Magazine Archive
Put together by other Old Harrovians, bound in deep Harrovian blue, it was called Winston Churchill and Harrow, Memories of the Prime Minister's Schooldays, 1888-1802.
From Time Magazine Archive
I believe," said he, "that every one of your Lordships would say 'a Harrow boy,' but would also speak of 'an Harrovian.'
From Time Magazine Archive
In Simla, India's cool summer capital, an old Harrovian, Indian Nationalist Jawaharlal Nehru, and other Indian leaders will confer this week with Viceroy Lord Wavell on the interim plan for India's independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the following year our Politics found a fresh vent through the establishment of The Harrovian.
From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by Russell, George William Erskine
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