Harry-soph
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek [Term?].
Noun
[edit]Harry-soph (plural Harry-sophs)
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A student of law or medicine at Cambridge who, being of the same standing as the students in arts in his year, is allowed to wear a full-sleeved gown when they assume their BA gowns, though he does not obtain his actual degree so soon.
References
[edit]- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary