Old Etoniann.adj.

1769 St. James's Chron. 17 June The Old Etonian may do on some future Occasion.

1845 Times 7/2 Some one suggested in The Times of a day or two ago that old Etonians should aid the fund for the improvement of Eton College.

1899 A. Lubbock Mem. Eton xiii. 190 I sat out in my tutor's garden with a few Old Etonians, who had come to supper, till past one o'clock smoking big cigars.

1964 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times III. 52 Henry Cruft had been at Eton and then..sent to Shrewsbury. He still considered himself an Old Etonian.

2010 Guardian 10 Mar. 29/2 You might notice all the Old Etonians sitting around the Tory top table—but it is bad form to mention this.

1869 Times 18 June 9/5 Although the London crew struggled bravely to retain the trophy, they were compelled to succumb to the Oxford Old Etonian crew.

1923 Times 24 Sept. 15/6 The Home Secretary..and his three sons were presented by..Old Etonian friends..with a silver salver.

1970 P. Dickinson Seals i. 11 His Old Etonian tie was knotted round a starched white collar.

1980 P. Larkin Further Requirements (2002) iv. 301 One would have to have a nursery nickname and be a member of White's, a Roman Catholic, a high-born lady or an Old Etonian novelist.

1992 Private Eye 13 Mar. 20/2 They all cheered, except for Mr Waldegrave who as per usual was trying to be clever in his toffee-nosed Old Etonian way.

2011 Mirror (Nexis) 22 Oct. 13 All that unbreakable Old Etonian confidence, that unshakeable self-belief..suddenly seemed to be made of very fragile stuff indeed.