subs. and adj. (collegiate).—University; and spec. University College, Oxford: the reduction is also affected by American students.

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  1864.  TENNYSON, Northern Farmer, New Style, viii. ’E coom’d to the parish wi’ lots o’ VARSITY debt.

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  1886.  Daily Telegraph, 8 May. The parson—possibly an old ’VARSITY MAN.

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