See Also: oppidan(dictionary)

oppidan (iou)



oppidan noun & adjective. M16.
[Latin oppidanus belonging to a town (other than Rome), from oppidum (fortified) town: see -AN.]
A. noun.
An inhabitant of a town. M16.
At Eton College: a student who is not on the foundation and who boards with a housemaster (orig. with a private family in the town). Opp. colleger. M16.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to a town; civic; urban. Formerly also (spec.), pertaining to a university town as opp. to the university itself. M17.