Xavierite

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English

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Etymology

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From Xavier +‎ -ite.

Noun

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Xavierite (plural Xavierites)

  1. A student who attends any of numerous schools named for Saint Francis Xavier.
    • 1976, Sunil Gavaskar, Sunny Days:
      When St. Xavier's won the Harris Shield under Chaudhari's captaincy, every Xavierite went delirious with joy.
    • 2006, Norman C. Francis, The Future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities:
      One of the three [who got a PhD in mathematics] was a Xavierite.
    • 2013 October 18, Barry Bleidt, Multicultural Pharmaceutical Education, Routledge, →ISBN:
      I invited a Xavierite, now a graduate student at the University of Florida, to speak to the group about her experiences in quaternary education.
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