jambite

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noun

A first-year student at university; freshman.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

jambite1

nounjambite (plural jambites)

plural jambites

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jambite.

    'Stop talking like a jambite!' Uyi said, laughing at his friend's comparison.

    2014, Eunice Sampson, The Distance Too Far, →ISBN, page 53
    2 more examples

    And I doubt if any jambite can get his legitimate space now because of lateness.

    2002, Chinedu Ogoke, Under fire: a novel, page 25

    Chike thought, "If I would get married some day, it would be to no one else but this jambite by my side. So help me God!"

    2003, Pat Ade Ayebola, Love Strokes

Jambite2

nounJambite (plural Jambites)

plural Jambites · alternative jambite

  1. NigeriaA first-year student at university; freshman.

    I'm a 300 level law student and you're just a fucking Jambite and....

    2013, Justin Udie, Campus Nightmares, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    So Pamela was the much talked about new Jambite. She had been the talk of the campus since he arrived, but he hadn't had the opportunity of asking for her name from his friends who told him about her.

    1993, Funmilayo Adegbite, Bonds of Destiny, page 48

    They first met when Tina was a Jambite and had just arrived on the Ife campus and Frankie was a final year student.

    1997, Gbadebo Adeniyi, Barbwire, page 70

Origin

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APA

jambite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jambite

MLA

“jambite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jambite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jambite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jambite.

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