Oxonian

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• "No fool she; her Oxonian gong was awarded in 1951, an occasion which she proclaimed to be "the proudest and happiest moment of my life."

  Academic text (2002)

• It was still possible to find a post with a particularly brilliant first-class B.A. in hand, and some Oxonians securing positions held the D.Phil. research degree.

  Academic text (2001)

• The New Oxonian?

  Blog text (4)

• Oxonian and Cantabridgian are rare, especially the latter, and relate to the universities rather than the cities in any case.

  Blog text (18)

• Oxonian and Cantabridgian are rare, especially the latter, and relate to the universities rather than the cities in any case.

  Blog text (18)

• She speaks with a faint Oxonian accent that sometimes lies too lightly on a foreign sound.

  Fiction book (1995)

• There were others, however, as serious as Wilson was, and they had the leisure to study and write in the Oxonian campus bordered by the eighteenth-century facades of Nassau Street.

  Academic text (1990)

• Navigating Oxonian time is virtually impossible without what is known as an "Oxford diary," a blue, pocket-sized appointment book published by the Oxford University Press, with the University's seal stamped on its cover in gold.

  Academic text (1999)

• Many Oxonians take pride in their university's rich history and traditions.

• The Oxonian community celebrated the annual festival in the city center.

Synonyms

O

Oxfordian

vsOxonian

7.5

A person who lives in or comes from the city of Oxford

explicitly includes those born there as well as current residents

Surface Forms

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Etymology