Ivy Leaguer

noun

: a student at or a graduate of an Ivy League school

Examples of Ivy Leaguer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The chic combination of colors on these loafers screams Ivy Leaguer in the best possible way. Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2023 While UPenn is the first Ivy Leaguer to make AI a major, Carnegie Mellon University became the first college across the globe to offer an AI undergraduate degree in 2018. Laura Bratton, Quartz, 1 May 2024 Sizes available: 7-13 (including half sizes) Features: Suede upper, lug outsole $185 at Madewell The chic combination of colors on these loafers screams Ivy Leaguer in the best possible way. Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2023 In West, every character is out of place — an Ivy Leaguer beguiled by Hollywood, a vaudeville hoofer reduced to door-to-door selling, a Midwesterner lured to California for his health, a suspiciously mature child actor. Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023 The Aztecs’ field-goal percentage plummets to No. 133, trailing another Ivy Leaguer (Penn) and directional programs Southern Illinois and North Alabama. Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023 Ryan is a bonafide Texas legend, while Daniels is an Ivy Leaguer from Queens. Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2022 And McNamara was an all-Ivy Leaguer at Brown, joining the Western Mass Pioneers in Ludlow in the off-season. Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2022 Coming off the bench midway through the first quarter, van der Maas finished with six 3-pointers, tied for the third-most by an Ivy Leaguer this season. Staff Reports, courant.com, 10 Jan. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Ivy Leaguer was in 1935

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“Ivy Leaguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ivy%20Leaguer. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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