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Wykehamist

Wykehamist adjective: of, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.

Adjective

Wykehamist (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.
    • A prized possession of mine is a recording of Empson reading his poems in a tone of voice that I believe no other human being can match, even if that person also combined Wykehamist, Cantabrigian, and Chinese accents.2010, Steven L. Isenberg, The American Scholar, Lunching on Olympus
    Synonyms:
    Wykehamical

Noun

Wykehamist (plural Wykehamists)

  1. An undergraduate, graduate or fellow of Winchester College.

Synonyms of Wykehamist

Forms of Wykehamist

pluralWykehamists

Origin of Wykehamist

From Wykeham + -ist, after William of Wykeham, the founder of Winchester College.

Questions about Wykehamist

What does Wykehamist mean?
Wykehamist means of, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.
What part of speech is Wykehamist?
Wykehamist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Wykehamist in the dictionary

  1. Wyke
  2. Wyke Champflower
  3. Wyke Regis
  4. Wykeham
  5. Wykehamical
  6. Wykehamist
  7. Wykehamists
  8. Wykehams
  9. Wyker
  10. Wykers
  11. Wykes

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