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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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