collegian

English

Etymology

From Middle English collegian, from Medieval Latin collēgiānus.

Noun

collegian (plural collegians)

1. A student (or a former student) of a college
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Anticipation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 42:

     She then remembered that her own early bearing towards him had been haughty, and indifferent; that she had sneered at the young collegian's shyness; and now thought with "the late remorse of love," how unlike to this had been Ethel's gentle kindness.

2. (slang) An inmate of a prison.
   • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     While it [the wind] roared through the steeple of St George’s Church, and twirled all the cowls in the neighbourhood, it made a swoop to beat the Southwark smoke into the jail; and, plunging down the chimneys of the few early collegians who were yet lighting their fires, half suffocated them.

Derived terms

• noncollegian

Translations

student of a college

Chinese: Mandarin: 大學生 / 大学生 (zh) (dàxuéshēng) Ido: kolegiano (io) Irish: coláisteánach m Japanese: 大学生 (ja) (daigakusei) Manx: colaashtagh m

Adjective

collegian (comparative more collegian, superlative most collegian)

1. Of or relating to a college or its students.

   Antonym: uncollegian

Anagrams

• allogenic

Middle English

Alternative forms

• collagyen

Etymology

From Medieval Latin collēgiānus; equivalent to college +‎ -ien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˌlɛːd͡ʒiˈaːn/, /kɔˈlɛːd͡ʒi.an/

Noun

collegian (plural collegians)

1. (rare) One who is part of a college (ecclesiastical or educational).

Descendants

• English: collegian

References

• “collēǧian, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 December 2018.