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ALL meanings of oxbridge

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  • noun oxbridge Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, especially in contrast with the redbrick universities of England. 1
  • noun oxbridge upper-class intellectual life in England, as felt to be under the influence of Oxford and Cambridge universities: a bitter attack on Oxbridge by the younger writers. 1
  • adjective oxbridge of, relating to, or characteristic of Oxford and Cambridge, or of upper-class, intellectual traditions or manners associated with these universities: a career formerly open only to Oxbridge graduates; to voice the proper Oxbridge sentiments. 1
  • proper noun oxbridge Oxbridge is used to refer to the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge together. 0
  • noun oxbridge the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge, esp considered as ancient and prestigious academic institutions, bastions of privilege and superiority, etc 0
  • noun oxbridge (as modifier) 0
  • noun oxbridge Oxford and Cambridge universities thought of as forming a single entity in terms of their similar organization, traditions, and prestige 0
  • adjective oxbridge of or relating to Oxbridge 0
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