单词 | magistrand |
释义 | magistrandn. Scottish. Originally, in Scottish Universities: an Arts student in the fourth or highest class. Subsequently: any undergraduate in the fourth or final year.Now only in use at St Andrews: revived in the late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > undergraduate magistrand1628 undergraduate1630 man1803 undergrad1827 tassel1828 grad1958 1628 in A. Morgan Univ. Edinb. Charters (1937) 117 The week before they begin the examinatiounes of the magistrands before the laureatioun. 1642 Statutes Visitation 8 Aug. (St. Andrews) The whole Magistrandes and Doctaloures in the two Colledges of Philosophy..sall only haue voice in choyseing the Rector of the University. a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 24 The Magestrands (as now) conveened in the high hall. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xiv. 31 Up from their mouldy books and tasks had sprung Bigent and Magistrand to try the game. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie III. ix. 153 Although now a magistrand—that is, one about to take his degree of Master of Arts. 1889 Univ. News Sheet (St. Andrews) 11 Jan. 7 With us at St. Andrews the words semi, tertian, and magistrand,..have long since entirely gone out of use. 1891 College Echoes (St. Andrews Univ.) 15 Jan. The present designations—Second-year man, Third-year man, and Fourth-year-man are colourless and awkward. Why should not Bejants become Semis, then Tertians, and close their career with the melancholy glory of Magistrand? 1961 St. Andrews Univ. Cal. 1961–2 124 Students: Black cloth trencher cap with tassel appropriate to the year of study:..Magistrand and upwards—black. Compounds General attributive. magistrand class n. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > undergraduate > collectively magistrand class1642 undergraduatedom1893 1642 in J. Robertson & C. Innes Munimenta Univ. Glasguensis (1854) II. 467 That Mr David Monro having the magistrand classe now, he take up the bajune classe the next yeir. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) ii. iii. x. 470 This is the last Year, after which they go out Masters of Arts; and for that reason this is called the Magistrand Class. 1950 Aberdeen Univ. Cal. 1950–51 186 At the end of any Winter Session, a Student of the ‘Fourth’ or ‘Magistrand’ Class shall mean a matriculated student qualified to graduate at the end of that Session. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1628 |
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