Wykehamist

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

Wykehamist (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Winchester College.
    Synonym: Wykehamical
    • 2010, Steven L. Isenberg, The American Scholar, Lunching on Olympus‎:
      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.

Noun

Wykehamist (plural Wykehamists)

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