undergraduette

English

Etymology

undergraduate +‎ -ette

Noun

undergraduette (plural undergraduettes)

1. (dated) A female undergraduate of an academic institution.
   • 1930, Travel, volume 56, page 30:

     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.

   • 1973, John Hutchison MacCallum Scott, Dons and students: British universities today, page 102:

     An undergraduette could only visit an undergraduate in his room if chaperoned by another undergraduette, and within strictly limited hours.

See also

• graduette