Meaning of oppidan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A town dweller.
   obsolete, rare
2. A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar.

Examples

“But money is all-potent, and wealthy oppidans soon found means to elbow the aristocracy in their choicest assemblies.”

“... might conceivably imply that he did not live⟳, as the custom had been for such boys, in the Abbot's own⟳ house, but lodged in the town of Winchester and perhaps attended the College as an oppidan, or townsman.”

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