单词 | ternar |
释义 | ternarternern. Obsolete exc. Historical. A student of the third or lowest rank at St. Andrews, and apparently in other of the Scottish Universities. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities son?c1550 Bibler1569 round cap1572 batteler1604 fellow commoner1614 gentleman-commoner1614 primar1642 Bible-clerk1650 Harry-Sopha1661 hodman1677 nobleman1682 seconder1684 grueller1691 ternar1698 tuft1755 red gowna1774 ten-year-man1816 prick-bill1818 bear1828 martinet1831 sheep1865 trotter1883 skiver1884 hall-reader1886 sign-off1902 night climber1937 techie1969 1698 Minute, St. Leonard's Coll., St. Andrews July Many are of opinion that the distinctions of Primar, Secondar, and Ternar, ought to be taken away. 1807 J. Grierson Delineations St. Andrews 160 The Terners had gowns of an inferior sort of cloth, without trimming, and paid one guinea and a half of fees. Seconders and Terners are the only distinctions now in use. 1827 Evid. Commissioners Universities Scotl. (1837) III. 35 [St Andrews] The Primars are the sons of Noblemen; the Secondars are what they call Gentlemen Commoners in England; and the Ternars are those of the common ranks of life. They pay different fees according to the rank they hold. 1907 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. IV. xiii. 407 Men who could afford to pay a Secondar's fee often entered themselves as Ternars. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1698 |
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