单词 | rushee |
释义 | rusheen. North American College slang. A candidate for membership of a fraternity or sorority. Cf. rush v.2 9b(a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > treat or entertainment > for candidate for club > participant rushee1894 1894 Alpha Phi Q. Nov. 20 Another party was one concocted for the benefit of the ‘rushees’; and characterized by guessing songs illustrated by pictures. 1928 Amer. Speech 3 220 Rushee,..an individual who is being rushed by fraternities or sororities. 1940 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Sept. 2/8 It [sc. a telegram] requested a report on the character, family and scholarship of a rushee. 1942 College Topics (Univ. Virginia) 12 Oct. 1/2 (heading) Rushees navigate to houses by maps. 2004 A. Robbins Pledged 1 It is Bid Day at Southern Methodist University in the late 1990s, the January day when hopeful rushees find out which sorority has accepted them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894 |
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