Sekirov Dictionary

oppidan

noun 2
adjective 1
forms 1

noun2

A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar.
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(no longer used, rare) A town dweller.
- But money is all-potent, and wealthy oppidans soon found means to elbow the aristocracy in their choicest assemblies. — 1856

adjective1

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(rare) Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation.
- ... calculating the portions of the population, which are purely oppidan, suburban and rural, separately, ... — 1843

forms

oppidans

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