Etonian
Elite English pupil
An Etonian is a student or former student of Eton College, an elite English boarding school for boys founded in 1440.
The term often carries connotations of wealth, privilege, and upper-class British establishment: The cabinet was stacked with Etonians.
As an adjective, Etonian describes manners, accents, or attitudes associated with the school.
Cutaway evening jacket
- waistcoatSleeveless torso garment
- top hatTall formal headwear
- boaterStiff straw hat
- faggingJunior's obligatory service
beaks · housemaster · prefect · college · chapel · quadrangle · colours · house system
Rule by hereditary elite
- old boyMale former student
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- OxbridgeCombined name, two universities
establishment · blueblood · gentry · nobility · patrician · gentleman · toff · posh
Educational funding or erudition
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- classical educationGreco-Roman intellectual training
- LatinAncient Roman language
- GreekOf Athenian origin
humanities · debating · essay · intellectual · curriculum · study · examination · prize
One who earned degree
- reunionGathering after separation
- alumni networkOrganization linking past students
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- royaltyPayment for usage rights
Cameron · Boris Johnson · Orwell · Shelley · Keynes · Wellington · Prince William · Prince Harry
tailcoat
Cutaway evening jacket
fagging · beaks · housemaster · prefect · college · chapel · quadrangle · colours · house system · Windsor
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- old boyMale former student
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
Oxbridge · establishment · blueblood · gentry · nobility · patrician · gentleman · toff · posh · entitlement
scholarship
Educational funding or erudition
- tutorIndividual instruction provider
- classical educationGreco-Roman intellectual training
- LatinAncient Roman language
Greek · humanities · debating · essay · intellectual · curriculum · study · examination · prize · remove
graduate
One who earned degree
- reunionGathering after separation
- alumni networkOrganization linking past students
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
royalty · Cameron · Boris Johnson · Orwell · Shelley · Keynes · Wellington · Prince William · Prince Harry · Huxley
Etonianworking-class
Manual laborers as group
self-made · underprivileged · scholarship student · ordinary