Harry-soph
English edit
Etymology edit
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