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▪ I. Etonian, n.|iːˈtəʊnɪən|
[f. Eton + -ian.]
One educated at Eton College.
c1770George III in Etoniana v. 81 You were an Etonian. 1844Disraeli Coningsby i. xi, The Lord of the equipage..as an old Etonian, placed in the hands of the Albanian his contribution.
▪ II. Etonian, a.|iːˈtəʊnɪən|
[f. as the n.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Eton College.
1749Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. i. 6 O Learning..in thy favourite Fields, where the..Thames washes thy Etonian Banks. 1841Lady Stanley Let. in N. Mitford Ladies of Alderley (1938) 11 Etonian ways have no charm for him. 1883J. Brinsley-Richards Seven Yrs. at Eton 321 It held a quart of beer, and the ceremony of drinking out of it constituted an initiation into the higher circle of Etonian swelldom. 1931T. H. Pear Voice & Personality 75 There is an Etonian voice, the soft cultured drawl. |