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English
Etymology
Clipping of Cantabrigian, from Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Cantab (plural Cantabs)
- (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).
- (colloquial) A student at or graduate of Harvard University, USA (Cambridge, MA).
Derived terms
Adjective
Cantab
- (after a qualification) Cantabrigian.