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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

Jackson Sievers, Capistrano Valley, 6-2, 220, Sr.: Future Ivy Leaguer is big, physical and can jump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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

Bush, an Ivy Leaguer from a prominent family, even showed up in the cockpit of a snowplow.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021

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

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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