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Cantabrigian

Cantabrigian

1 9.9
A person who lives in Cambridge or who graduated from the University of Cambridge
  • noun
  • /ˌkæntəˈbrɪdʒɪən/
: cantabridgiano
  • The Cantabrigians gathered at the festival to celebrate their local traditions.

Examples

  • Many Cantabrigians take pride in their university's long history.

  • He'd been so excited when he called and said, "I need a middle-aged Cantabrigian ethnologist for a small expedition.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • He didn't exactly seem like a Cantabrigian.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • As a Cantabrigian, she enjoyed attending events at the university's historic colleges.

Synonyms

Cantab
vsCantabrigian
  • UK
9.5

A person who lives in or comes from Cambridge in England

includes university membership or graduate status as well as residency

Surface Forms

Cantabrigian singular
Cantabrigians plural

Morphology

Cantabrigian = Cambridge (opaque) = cantabrig + ian

The demonym uses a Latinized stem rather than the visible English form 'Cambridge', so learners will not readily infer the connection.

Etymology

Cantabrigian comes from the old Latin name Cantabrigia for the city of Cambridge, so a Cantabrigian is 'a person from Cambridge' or 'a member or graduate of the University of Cambridge', and the short form Cantab is still used after degrees.