undergraduette

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English

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Etymology

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From undergraduate +‎ -ette.

Noun

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undergraduette (plural undergraduettes)

  1. (dated) A female undergraduate of an academic institution.
    • 1930, Travel, volume 56, page 30:
      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.
    • 1973, John Hutchison MacCallum Scott, Dons and students: British universities today, page 102:
      An undergraduette could only visit an undergraduate in his room if chaperoned by another undergraduette, and within strictly limited hours.

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