Meanings
plural undergraduettes
- datedA female undergraduate of an academic institution.
An undergraduette could only visit an undergraduate in his room if chaperoned by another undergraduette, and within strictly limited hours.
1973, John Hutchison MacCallum Scott, Dons and students: British universities today, page 1021 more example
One can safely guess that the few girls are not undergraduettes, but out-of-town visitors. For Oxford men usually display a hearty unconcern for undergraduettes.
1930, Travel, volume 56, page 30
Origin
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