final club

noun

An undergraduate social club at Harvard College.

Meanings

nounfinal club (plural final clubs)

plural final clubs

  1. An undergraduate social club at Harvard College.

Origin

Harvard used to have a variety of clubs for freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, with students of different years being in different clubs, and the "final clubs" were so named because they were the last social club a person could join before graduation.

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APA

final club. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/final%20club

MLA

“final club.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/final%20club. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “final club,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/final%20club.

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