Wykehamist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An undergraduate, graduate or fellow of Winchester College.
  2. 2
    a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College. not-comparable

    "A prized possession of mine is a recording of Empson reading his poems in a tone of voice that I believe no other human being can match, even if that person also combined Wykehamist, Cantabrigian, and Chinese accents."

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"A prized possession of mine is a recording of Empson reading his poems in a tone of voice that I believe no other human being can match, even if that person also combined Wykehamist, Cantabrigian, and Chinese accents."

Etymology

From Wykeham + -ist, after William of Wykeham, the founder of Winchester College.

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