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  • 51redbrick university — (sometimes caps.) Brit. Informal. 1. any new or little known university, esp. one built since World War II to educate students in industrial regions, emphasizing technical subjects rather than the classics, and often partially supported by… …

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  • 52row — row1 /roh/, n. 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line: a row of apple trees. 2. a line of persons or things so arranged: The petitioners waited in a row. 3. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a… …

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  • 53Ogilvie's syndrome — Ogil·vie s syndrome ō gəl vēz n distension of the colon that is similar to that occurring as a consequence of bowel obstruction but in which no physical obstruction exists and that occurs esp. in seriously ill individuals and as a complication of …

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  • 54graduate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ business school, law school, college, high school (in the US), medical school, university ▪ job opportunities for university graduates …

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  • 55redbrick university — red′brick univer′sity [[t]ˈrɛdˌbrɪk[/t]] n. (sometimes caps.) chiefly brit. brit. a relatively new university that lacks the prestige of the older universities, esp. Oxford and Cambridge • Etymology: 1940–45 …

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  • 56Received Standard — n. the form of British English spoken by the upper socioeconomic classes, esp. by graduates of the public schools and of Oxford and Cambridge …

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  • 57subfusc — [sub′fusk΄, sub fusk′] adj. [L subfuscus, brownish, dusky < sub , below (see SUB ) + fuscus,FUSCOUS] Chiefly Brit. having a dull or dark, often drab, color n. Chiefly Brit. subfusc clothing, esp. as academic dress at Oxford or Cambridge… …

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  • 58don — 1. n. 1 a university teacher, esp. a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge. 2 (Don) a a Spanish title prefixed to a forename. b a Spanish gentleman; a Spaniard. Etymology: Sp. f. L dominus lord 2. v.tr. (donned, donning) put on… …

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  • 59Don — 1. n. 1 a university teacher, esp. a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge. 2 (Don) a a Spanish title prefixed to a forename. b a Spanish gentleman; a Spaniard. Etymology: Sp. f. L dominus lord 2. v.tr. (donned, donning) put on… …

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  • 60Oxbridge — n. Brit. 1 (also attrib.) Oxford and Cambridge universities regarded together, esp. in contrast to newer institutions. 2 (often attrib.) the characteristics of these universities. Etymology: portmanteau word f. Ox(ford) + (Cam) bridge …

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