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单词 captain of the poll
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captain of the poll
a. As a collective noun: the class of students who study for or obtain a pass degree. to go out in the poll: to take final examinations among this class, to graduate without honours. captain of the poll: the title given informally to the highest-placed student among those taking a pass degree. Cf. hoi polloi n.Following 20th-century university reform, Cambridge undergraduates are entered for honours degrees automatically and, although pass degrees are still awarded, the use of poll is now solely historical.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > pass degree student > collectively
poll1831
society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > candidates > who passes > passing at university
firsta1830
poll1831
poll-man1834
honour man1839
passman1853
honours man1859
pass-woman1896
society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > take degree [verb (intransitive)]
commencea1387
proceed1455
to pass master?1566
graduate1807
incept1852
to go out in the poll1889
to pass out1916
1831 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 183 You will see what a good place I have got in the Poll.
1834 Oxf. Univ. Mag. 1 289 Those who do not aspire to honours and in the vernacular of Cambridge are styled the Poll (οἱ πολλοί).
1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University (ed. 2) 342 There are also many men every year contending for the Captaincy of the Poll, some for the honor, such as it is, others because it will help them to get Poll pupils afterwards.
1889 W. A. Wright FitzGerald's Lett. I. 2 FitzGerald..modestly went out in the Poll in January 1830, after a period of suspense during which he was apprehensive of not passing at all.
1901 Times 11 July 11/6 He..graduated in 1850, obtaining the distinction of captain of the poll, or first in order of merit among the Bachelors of that year who did not compete for honours.
1951 N. Annan Leslie Stephen i. 23 Fitzjames, having twice failed to win a Trinity scholarship..decided to go out in the poll.
1997 P. Searby Hist. Univ. Cambr. III. v. 160 Dimmer men, known from their record and their performance in the schools to be destined for the poll.
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