oppidan
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of oppidan
First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin oppidānus, equivalent to oppid(um) “town” + -ānus -an
Example Sentences
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But he must have contrived, nevertheless, to prepare his pupil for Eton, to which place Fielding went about this date, probably as an oppidan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
Touching the temporal government of Rome, and oppidan affairs, there is a pretor and some choice citizens, which sit in the Capitol.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
It may therefore be concluded that he was an oppidan.
From Fielding by Dobson, Austin
But now oppidan life extended beyond these walls; and houses, streets, villas and gardens spread into the plain on all sides.
From The Bishop's Secret by Hume, Fergus
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