Oppidan

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(rare) Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation..

Definitions by Sense

1. (rare) Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation.
2. (rare, obsolete) A town dweller.
3. (also Oppidan) A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar.

Example Sentences

... calculating the portions of the population, which are purely oppidan, suburban and rural, separately, ...

In terms of socio-economic impact, it appears that the water mill was an oppidan development in the Roman possessions, including Dacia.

The beggar whom Elia encounters... is an oppidan caricature of the old man in “Witches” who was conjured up in the demonic vision, a dark, irrational double that overwhelms and destroys innocence.

But money is all-potent, and wealthy oppidans soon found means to elbow the aristocracy in their choicest assemblies.

... might conceivably imply that he did not live, as the custom had been for such boys, in the Abbot's own house, but lodged in the town of Winchester and perhaps attended the College as an oppidan, or townsman.

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