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undergraduette en · NOUN

Etymology

From undergraduate + -ette.

Meanings

1. (dated) A female undergraduate of an academic institution.
   • An undergraduette could only visit an undergraduate in his room if chaperoned by another undergraduette, and within strictly limited hours. 1973, John Hutchison MacCallum Scott, Dons and students: British universities today, page 102:
   • One can safely guess that the few girls are not undergraduettes, but out-of-town visitors. For Oxford men usually display a hearty unconcern for undergraduettes. 1930, Travel, volume 56, page 30:

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graduette