oppidan

listen to the pronunciation of oppidan
English - Turkish
şehirli
İng şehirli
kasabaya ait
kasabal
English - English
(also Oppidan) A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar

might conceivably imply that he did not live, as the custom had been for such boys, in the Abbot's own house, but lodged in the town of Winchester and perhaps attended the College as an oppidan, or townsman.

A town dweller

But money is all-potent, and wealthy oppidans soon found means to elbow the aristocracy in their choicest assemblies.

Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation

The beggar whom Elia encounters... is an oppidan caricature of the old man in “Witches” who was conjured up in the demonic vision, a dark, irrational double that overwhelms and destroys innocence.

Of or pertaining to a town
An inhabitant of a town
A student of Eton College, England, who is not a King's scholar, and who boards in a private family
A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or Kings Scholar
{s} urban, of a town (often of a town which houses a college or university)
{i} resident of a town, townsman
oppidan
Favorites
More...
Clear