taberdarn.
/ˈtabədɑː/ literal. One who wears a tabard; a name formerly given to certain scholars of Queen's College, Oxford, from the gown they wore; still surviving in the name of some of the scholarships at that college.
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1566 Register of Queen's Coll. 5 Apr. Electio Taberdorum habita 5° die mensis Aprilis Anno Elizabethe Regine 8°.
1569 Register of Queen's Coll. 29 Jan. Electio Taberdiorum.]
1648 in Burrows Reg. Visitors Univ. Oxf. (Camden) 177 Oct. 30 Avery Tompson, Tho. Collinson, Taubators.
1660 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 352 The Taberder sings the aforesaid song.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 348 After he [Henry Airay] was Bachelaurs standing, in 1583, he was made Pauper Puer, or Tabardus or Tabardarius; that is, a Tabarder or Tabitter, (so called because anciently they wore Coats or upper Gowns, much according to the fashion of those belonging to Heralds).
1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) II. 210 The Society consists of a Provost, 12 Fellows, 7 Scholars, 2 Chaplains, Taberders..&c.
1882 Stat. Queen's Coll. iii. i, in Stat. Univ. Oxford 336 The eight holders of Open Scholarships who are highest in seniority from the time of their election shall always be called Taberdars.
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