See Also: collegiate(1)(dictionary)
collegiate(2)(dictionary)
collegiate(dictionary)
Collegiate Hotel and Motor Inn(tourism)
CAROLINA COLLEGIATE Credit Union(finance)
National Collegiate Athletic Association(dictionary)
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)(encyclopedia)
Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg(tourism)
Ncaa (National Collegiate Athletic Association) - Basketball(gambling)

collegiate(1) (iou)



collegiate adjective & noun. LME.
[Late Latin collegiatus member of a college (in medieval Latin as adjective), from collegium COLLEGE: see -ATE1, -ATE2.]
A. adjective.
Of the nature of, constituted as, a college. LME.
Of or pertaining to colleagues; corporate, combined. LME.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a college or college students. M16.
Defoe A collegiate life did not suit me. J. Kerouac He liked to dress sharp, slightly on the collegiate side.
b. spec. Designed for use by college students or others of similar educational standard. US. L19.
Composed of colleges. M19.
Special collocations: collegiate church (a) a church that is endowed for a chapter of canons or prebends but is not a cathedral; (b) Scot. & US a church in the joint charge of two ministers. collegiate Gothic US (in) a style of Gothic architecture associated with old colleges.
b. noun.
A member of a college. obsolete exc. US. E17.
b. An inmate of a prison or asylum. slang. L17-M18.
A colleague. Only in 17.
A collegiate dictionary. US. L19.
collegiately adverb E17.