Princetonian

New Jersey collegian

A Princetonian is a student or graduate of Princeton University, the Ivy League school in New Jersey.

The word functions as both noun and adjective: a proud Princetonian, Princetonian traditions.

Like other university demonyms (Harvardian, Yalie), it carries associations of elite education and East Coast establishment credentials.

notable

Woodrow Wilson

Twenty-eighth American president

F. Scott Fitzgerald · John Nash · Jeff Bezos · Brooke Shields · David Duchovny · Ralph Nader · Ted Cruz · Donald Rumsfeld

academic

undergraduate

Degree-seeking college student

  • graduateOne who earned degree
  • seminarGroup discussion for learning
  • thesisAcademic argument requiring defense

dissertation · research · professor · preceptor · independent work · senior thesis · certificate · humanities · engineering · baccalaureate

elite

prestigious

Having high standing

exclusive · selective · old money · prep school · legacy · aristocratic · upper-class · refined · cultured · sophisticated

university

Tiger

Fierce personal name

New Jersey · alumnus

Opposites
ivy league rivalry

PrincetonianYalie

Connecticut Ivy student

Eli · Crimson · Columbian · Pennsylvanian

educational elite vs. non-elite

Princetonianunschooled

Lacking formal instruction

community college student · dropout

Family

Princeton, prince, princes, princely, princedom, princeling, princess, princesses, principal

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