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Ivy League en · NOUN

Etymology

From earlier Ivy colleges (1933), as Ivy League first used by AP sports editor Alan J. Gould (1935). The title became official after the formation of the athletic conference in 1954. From the tradition of Ivy Day at many older colleges and universities, where ivy is planted to honor academic excellence.

Meanings

  1. A haircut similar to a crew cut but left long enough on top that the hair can be styled with a side part.

Forms

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Ivy Leagues Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

haircut

Synonyms

Princeton cut · Harvard clip

wikipedia: Ivy League · wikipedia: Alan J. Gould

Ivy League en · PROPN

Etymology

From earlier Ivy colleges (1933), as Ivy League first used by AP sports editor Alan J. Gould (1935). The title became official after the formation of the athletic conference in 1954. From the tradition of Ivy Day at many older colleges and universities, where ivy is planted to honor academic excellence.

Meanings

  1. (US) An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.
    • Almost as an afterthought, we’re given an origin story for Barney’s alcoholism: he was once a sober, studious, Ivy League-bound high school scholar before Homer forced a beer on him that transformed him into a drooling, slurring, out of control rampaging id. 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
    • Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale form the Ivy League.

Forms

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the Ivy League canonical lexicographic

Coordinates

Group of Thirteen · C9 League · Russell Group

Deriveds

little Ivy · public Ivy · Ivy · Black Ivy League · British Ivy League · Southern Ivy · Chinese Ivy League · Ivy Leaguer

Relateds

Ivy Day · ivy · planting the ivy

Translations (6)

cmn 長春藤聯盟 /长春藤联盟 (association) · cmn 常青藤聯盟 /常青藤联盟 (association) · es Liga de Yedra (association) · fi murattiliiga (association) · fi Ivy League (association) · nl Ivy League (association)

wikipedia: Ivy League · wikipedia: Alan J. Gould