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Ivy Leaguer

American  
[ahy-vee leeg-er] / ˈaɪ vi ˈlig ər /

noun

Ivy Leaguers plural
  1. a former or current student at an Ivy League university.


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The club was sitting 16th in La Liga, just two points from the relegation places, and here it was hiring an Ivy Leaguer from Bergen County—a veteran of the Fair Lawn Cutters—to turn things around.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

In West, every character is out of place — an Ivy Leaguer beguiled by Hollywood, a vaudeville hoofer reduced to door-to-door selling, a Midwesterner lured to California for his health, a suspiciously mature child actor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

This makes sense once we consider the actual demographics of the typical American college student, who is not an Ivy Leaguer bound for the 1 percent.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2022

He could start by interviewing fellow Ivy Leaguer Steve Schuck, a Colorado Springs philanthropist and developer, as the next potential secretary of education.

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2016

“Now, get into character, pick yourself a Ivy Leaguer, and ask directions.”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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