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COLLEGE MAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does college man mean?
• COLLEGE MAN (noun)
The noun COLLEGE MAN has 1 sense:
1. a student (or former student) at a college or university
Familiarity information: COLLEGE MAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A student (or former student) at a college or university
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
college boy; college man; collegian
Hypernyms ("college man" is a kind of...):
educatee; pupil; student (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "college man"):
college student; university student (a student enrolled in a college or university)
grad student; graduate student; postgraduate (a student who continues studies after graduation)
undergrad; undergraduate (a university student who has not yet received a first degree)
Context examples
I swear that I learn more each month than the average college man learns in a year.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"Are you a college man?" he inquired suddenly.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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