Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the English universities, a candidate for graduation in arts who has passed an examination of special severity in one of the departments in which honors are conferred, and who is placed according to merit in one of several classes.
- noun A member of a class in a college: used especially in compounds: as, upper-classman, lower-classman. See
class , n., 3 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A member of a class; a classmate.
- noun Oxford, Eng. A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honor class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of a
class ; aclassmate . - noun UK A
candidate forgraduation inarts who is placed in an honour class, as opposed to apassman , who is not classified.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Usually, hegemony derives from consent and collusion from the lower class, but in this case, Johnny is an upper classman whose parents can afford to send him to a nice school.
Overlooked Movie Monday: Starship Troopers » Scene-Stealers 2010
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"Whether you're a freshman or an upper-classman, the next few months are sure to bring new friendships, challenges, and opportunities -- and probably a new address," the letter says.
Blaire Yancy: Back to School, Back to the Ballot Box Blaire Yancy 2010
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Chuckling the official from Indonesia pointed to picture he had of his Jakarta schools upper classman on a briefing kit book cover - an American kid they knew as ‘Barry’.
US ASEAN Manila meeting 'Reinvigorating engagement with ASEAN' 2009
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Chuckling the official from Indonesia pointed to picture he had of his Jakarta schools upper classman on a briefing kit book cover - an American kid they knew as ‘Barry’.
US ASEAN Manila meeting 'Reinvigorating engagement with ASEAN' 2009
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When I was a Plebe (4th classman, or freshman) at the Naval Academy in 1957-58, I was assigned to the 17th Company for my four years there.
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When I was a Plebe (4th classman, or freshman) at the Naval Academy in 1957-58, I was assigned to the 17th Company for my four years there.
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I can vividly remember meeting Angela, a very well spoken upper classman from upstate New York.
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His oldest son and daughter-in-law are 2004 Air Force Academy graduates, and Weinstein's youngest son is currently a first classman (senior) at the Academy and the sixth member of the Weinstein family to attend the institution.
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Politicians making up some gimmick to shade over the eyes of the working classman that votes!
The (Organic) Thrifty Food Plan Challenge :: Rebecca Blood 2007
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You kind of get the hang of how you need to study as an upper-classman.'
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