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Cantabs

Cantabs is the plural of Cantab.

Meaning of Cantab

Noun

Cantab (plural Cantabs)

  1. (colloquial) A graduate of the University of Cambridge.
    • She is frequently visited by the young Cantabs, upon their arrival in the capital […].1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 91
  2. (colloquial) A student at or graduate of Harvard University, USA (Cambridge, MA).

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Questions about Cantabs

What is Cantabs the plural of?
Cantabs is the plural of Cantab.

Words near Cantabs in the dictionary

  1. Cantabrians
  2. Cantabric
  3. Cantabrigian
  4. Cantabrigians
  5. Cantabro-
  6. Cantabs
  7. Cantagalo
  8. Cantaguic
  9. Cantahay
  10. cantal
  11. cantala

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