collegian
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5.5
- noun
- /kəˈliːdʒən/
:
estudiante universitario
- The collegians raised funds, gave speeches, picketed, and observed arrests in an effort to protect the strikers from police brutality.
Examples
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Be sure to pick up next Friday's issue of The Collegian for featured comments.
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Pictures and a large thank-you card signed by all the band students were presented to the collegians.
Academic text (2015) -
Views expressed in the comments section are not representative of The Collegian unless so specified.
Blog text (2) -
Classes were almost done for the year when the Collegian's office received a call from the office of the State College president.
Blog text (12) -
The Kansas State Collegian is the daily newspaper at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.
Blog text (31) -
Many minority students who are first-generation collegians fail to get enough emotional or financial support from home.
Academic text (2009) -
Newton and Seale were fellow collegians at Merritt Junior College in Oakland, California, and had been acquainted since 1962.
Academic text (2014) -
Arriving at the school, the group of collegians was greeted with a warm welcome by Jeremy Olson, the superintendent of the Underwood School District and a highly valued community member.
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Many minority students who are first-generation collegians fail to get enough emotional or financial support from home.
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On February 1, 1960, four African-American collegians sat at the lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who studies at a school or university
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1.0
A person studying at a college or university to get a first degree
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3.2
A student at a university who has not yet earned a first degree
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1.0
A person who studies at a university to get a degree
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Collegian comes from college, which in turn comes from the Latin collegium meaning 'a group joined together'. It is the same root as colleague, so a collegian is someone who belongs to that college group and is a student or former student.