Cheltoniann.adj.
/tʃɛlˈtəʊnɪən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of the town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire; spec. a member or former member of Cheltenham College or Cheltenham Ladies' College.
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society > education > member of university > [noun] > (former) specific university or college
mountainer?a1425
Cantabrigianc1540
Oxonianc1540
Sorbonist1560
Oxford man1590
Oxfordian1645
Johnian1655
hog1690
Harvardian1702
squil1721
Cantab1751
king's man1751
Wadhamite1760
Princetonian1807
Brunonian1829
merchant tailor1829
Trinitarian1852
houseman1868
polytechnician1871
Mertonian1883
Cheltonian1887
Girtonian1887
Girtonite1894
Newnhamite1896
woman1896
normalien1904
Somervillian1904
Orangeman1908
Tab1914
Ivy Leaguer1943
Oxbridgean1959
plate-glasser1968
Yalie1969
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > other towns
Oxonianc1540
Yarmouthian1614
Manchesterian1645
Novocastrian1645
wacker1768
Stratfordian1769
Mancunian1771
docker1791
Yorkist1796
Dicky Sam1820
Brummie1824
Liverpudlian1833
Yarmouth bloater1849
Exonian1871
Grimbarian1886
Cheltonian1887
Plym1913
Hoxtoniana1935
scouse1945
loiner1950
Scouser1959
Wulfrunian1959
Manc1961
pie eater1985
1887 Cheltenham Chron. 5 Feb. 5/3 It is to be hoped that Cheltonians will not escape the moral of the tale.
1914 [see sense B.]. 1928 Humphris & Willoughby At Cheltenham Spa i. 5 Not much is now known of these early Cheltonians.
1953 A. K. Clarke Hist. Cheltenham Ladies' Coll. iii. i. 134 Six old Cheltonians beat ‘The World’ on the Peak tennis courts at Canton.
1973 B. Gardner Public Schools viii. 162 Old Cheltonians include Earl Loveburn, Lord Chancellor 1905–12, Viscount Morley,..squash champion Jonah Barrington, and Rugby international R. D. Hearne.
1984 Financial Times 29 Oct. 13/1 Intense young men..jangling collecting boxes under the noses of respectable Cheltonians.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to the town of Cheltenham or to either of the colleges there.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Britain > Cheltenham
Cheltonian1888
society > education > place of education > college or university > [adjective] > university > specific college
Mertoniana1672
Johnian1740
Trinitariana1876
Cheltonian1888
Girtonish1888
Somervillian1896
1888 Cheltenham Chron. 28 July 2/3 (heading) Cheltonian chatter.
1914 Conc. Oxf. Dict. Add. 1047/2 Cheltonian, a. & n., (member) of Cheltenham College.
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n.adj.1887