OPPIDAN

Etymology

Adjective

oppidan (not comparable)

(rare) Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation.

Noun

oppidan (plural oppidans)

(rare, obsolete) A town dweller.

(also Oppidan) A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar.

Source: Wiktionary


Op"pi*dan, a. Etym: [L. oppidanus, fr. oppidum town.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to a town. Howell.

Op"pi*dan, n.

1. An inhabitant of a town.

2. A student of Eton College, England, who is not a King's scholar, and who boards in a private family.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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