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Doxbridge

Doxbridge proper noun: the universities of Oxford, the Cambridge and Durham collectively.

Proper noun

Doxbridge

  1. (UK, rare) The universities of Oxford, the Cambridge and Durham collectively.
    • Which university did you go to? ... Doxbridge – well, Durham, if you must know2012 February 19, Iain Hollingshead, “How middle-class are you? Take this quiz”, in The Daily Telegraph
  2. An annual five-day sports tournament held in March in Dublin involving colleges of the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the University of Durham and the University of York.

Origin of Doxbridge

Blend of Durham + Oxbridge.

Questions about Doxbridge

What does Doxbridge mean?
Doxbridge means the universities of Oxford, the Cambridge and Durham collectively.
What part of speech is Doxbridge?
Doxbridge is a proper noun.

Words near Doxbridge in the dictionary

  1. doxastic logics
  2. doxastically
  3. doxastics
  4. doxazocin
  5. doxazosin
  6. Doxbridge
  7. doxecitine
  8. doxed
  9. doxefazepam
  10. doxen
  11. doxenitoin

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