Oppidan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Oppidan is an adjective meaning (also Oppidan) A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar.
Meaning
(also Oppidan) A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar.
More Meanings
- (rare) Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation.
- (rare, obsolete) A town dweller.
Example Sentences
... calculating the portions of the population, which are purely oppidan, suburban and rural, separately, .
But money is all-potent, and wealthy oppidans soon found means to elbow the aristocracy in their choicest assemblies.
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.
Word Forms
- oppidans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include urban, conurban, townish, cityside, metropolitan, urbanological.
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