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Oxbridge

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɒksbrɪdʒ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(oks′brij′)

Ox•bridge (oks′brij′),USA pronunciation [Chiefly Brit.]
n.

British TermsOxford or Cambridge University, or both, esp. in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
British Termsupper-class intellectual life in England, as felt to be under the influence of Oxford and Cambridge universities:a bitter attack on Oxbridge by the younger writers.

adj.

British Termsof, pertaining to, or characteristic of Oxford and Cambridge, or of upper-class, intellectual traditions or manners associated with these universities:a career formerly open only to Oxbridge graduates; to voice the proper Oxbridge sentiments.

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Oxbridge /ˈɒksˌbrɪdʒ/ n

- the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge, esp considered as ancient and prestigious academic institutions, bastions of privilege and superiority, etc
- (as modifier): Oxbridge graduates

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