Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Harrow, England.
- noun A pupil or student in the college at Harrow, England.
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- noun A
pupil of Harrow School,England .
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Examples
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A high-vis-vested organiser grabbed the Old Harrovian and escorted him towards bemused police officers.
Liberal Democrat conference delegates enjoy a day of living quite dangerously 2011
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Simply everyone was there, my dears, from Roy Jenkins to Rab Butler, to Robert Morley to Richard Gordon, to Gordon Richards to the onliest distaff stand-up of the time, wonderful Joyce Grenfell, who told how a distant ancestor, Harrovian WH Grenfell, had been in Oxford's No3 seat in that 1877 dead-heat.
Boat Race still takes British sport's venerable cream cracker | Frank Keating 2011
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There are of course all sorts of reasons for not wanting to be an old - or young - Harrovian, fear of being thought spivvy would certainly be one of them.
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He just walked in there, off the bloody streets, dressed like some old Harrovian gent, mixed with old groover.
Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008
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He just walked in there, off the bloody streets, dressed like some old Harrovian gent, mixed with old groover.
Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008
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There are of course all sorts of reasons for not wanting to be an old - or young - Harrovian, fear of being thought spivvy would certainly be one of them.
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He just walked in there, off the bloody streets, dressed like some old Harrovian gent, mixed with old groover.
Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008
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South Africa's This Day daily in a cutting editorial Thursday highlighted the privileged backgrounds of the alleged key players, describing Thatcher as an "old Harrovian," Mann as an "old Etonian well connected to the Conservative Party."
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Bramall dived under a half-track and found himself lying next to his friend Bertie Jackson, a slightly-built Old Harrovian who was senior platoon commander.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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Bramall dived under a half-track and found himself lying next to his friend Bertie Jackson, a slightly-built Old Harrovian who was senior platoon commander.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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