Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a college; specifically, one of seventy scholars at Eton College, England, described in the extract.
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- noun A member of a
college (in any sense)
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Examples
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When I did, it was to be tossed in a blanket, so that, though elevated, my survey was hasty and superficial; but I suspect that the entire furniture to which a colleger lays claim, is his bed and bureau, tables and chairs being here as much out of keeping (if they could be kept at all) as at Stonehenge.
Confessions of an Etonian I. E. M.
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"_Habet_!" murmured Stalky, as Rabbits-Eggs swore into the patient night, protesting that he saw the "dommed colleger" who was assaulting him.
Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Darrell had been a small, sickly, bullied colleger.
The Marriage of William Ashe Humphry Ward 1885
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On another occasion, 'to the great joy' of the narrator, an oppidan vanquished a colleger, though the colleger fought so furiously that he put his fingers out of joint, and went back to the classic studies that soften manners, with a face broken and quite black.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880
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The elder John Patteson was a colleger, and passed on to King's College, Cambridge, whence, in 1813, he came to London to study law.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873
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Fred the brave captain, and Charles the saucy colleger: there hangs a drawing of him done by Mr. Beechey, and that sketch by
Men's Wives William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Horatio is among the alumni of Eton the king of good fellows: there is not a boy in the school, colleger, or oppidan, but what would fight a long hour to defend him from insult; no -- nor a sparkling eye among the enchanting daughters of old _Etona_ that does not twinkle with pleasure at the elegant congée, and amiable attentions, which he always pays at the shrine of female accomplishment.
The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828
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The two principal salt-bearers consisted of an oppidan and a colleger: the former was generally some nobleman, whose figure and personal connexions might advance the interests of the collections.
The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828
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Cicerone, who has less classic knowledge, and more superstition than a colleger, upon showing
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757
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Getting back together How do i apply for colleger College's like it if you can spell, that's a start.
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