oxbridge meaning

Noun: Oxbridge 'óks`brij
Usage: UK

General term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)

Type of: university

Encyclopedia: Oxbridge Oxbridge, Dorset

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dick white's delivery was much more in the style of the oxbridge don.
the next day there was an immense excitement in boniface college, oxbridge.
pen had passed a few days at his uncle's lodgings before they set out for oxbridge.
you don't have to go to oxbridge to receive a good university education
dick white's delivery was much more in the style of the oxbridge don