Exonian

//ɛkˈsəʊ.ni.ən// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member or alumnus of the University of Exeter.
  2. 2
    A member or alumnus of Exeter College, Oxford.
  3. 3
    A current or past student of Exeter School, England.
  4. 4
    A current or past student of Phillips Exeter Academy, USA.
  5. 5
    A native or inhabitant of the city of Exeter, England.
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  1. 6
    A native or inhabitant of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, USA.
  2. 7
    A native or inhabitant of the former Village of Exeter, in Green County, Wisconsin, USA.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Exeter. not-comparable

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Exonia, the Latin name for Exeter which appears in the Liber Exoniensis (1086), + -an. See its adjectival form Exoniensis.

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