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Cantab

Can′tab

,
Noun.
[Abbreviated from
Cantabrigian
.]
A Cantabrigian.
[Colloq.]
Sir W. Scott.

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Cantab

Cantab

English

Noun

Cantab (plural Cantabs)

  1. (colloquial) A graduate of Cambridge University.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.110:
      Sure my invention must be down at zero, / And I grown one of many "Wooden Spoons" / Of verse, (the name with which we Cantabs please / To dub the last of honours in degrees).

Abbreviation

Cantab

  1. (after a qualification) Cantabrigian.