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Coined to identify a group of alumni of King's School, Macclesfield, at Oxford University as a blend of Macclesfield + Oxonian, which was then applied to residents of the town in general.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Of or pertaining to the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. Full definition →
Coined to identify a group of alumni of King's School, Macclesfield, at Oxford University as a blend of Macclesfield + Oxonian, which was then applied to residents of the town in general.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.