Definitions
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- noun historical A
senior student who has ajunior student as afag , orservant .
Etymologies
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fag + master
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Examples
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So normal a thing was it, that I remember saying indignantly to my tutor, when he marked a false quantity in one of my verses, "Why, sir, my fagmaster did that!"
Escape, and Other Essays Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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He laughed, and said, "Take my compliments to your fagmaster, and tell him that the first syllable of senator is short!"
Escape, and Other Essays Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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When I was first at public (boarding) school (aged 12-14) in England I had to be a fag (do fagging) for older boys (under the supervision of the fagmaster).
Language Log 2009
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