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Etymology

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Clipping of Cantabrigian, from Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”).

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkantab/

Noun

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Cantab (plural Cantabs)

1. (colloquial) A graduate of the University of Cambridge.
   • 1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 91:She is frequently visited by the young Cantabs, upon their arrival in the capital […].
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.110:Sure my invention must be down at zero, / And I grown one of many "Wooden Spoons" / Of verse, (the name with which we Cantabs please / To dub the last of honours in degrees).
2. (colloquial) A student at or graduate of Harvard University, USA (Cambridge, MA).

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Cantab

1. (after a qualification) Cantabrigian.

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