Oxbridge

UK: /ˈɒksbrɪdʒ/ US: (oks′brij′)

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Ox•bridge  (oks′brij′), [Chiefly Brit.]
n. 

1. British Terms Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, esp. in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
2. British Terms upper-class intellectual life in England, as felt to be under the influence of Oxford and Cambridge universities:
   a bitter attack on Oxbridge by the younger writers.

adj. 

3. British Terms of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Oxford and Cambridge, or of upper-class, intellectual traditions or manners associated with these universities:
   a career formerly open only to Oxbridge graduates; to voice the proper Oxbridge sentiments.

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Oxbridge / ˈɒksˌbrɪdʒ/ noun

1. the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge, esp considered as ancient and prestigious academic institutions, bastions of privilege and superiority, etc
2. (as modifier): Oxbridge graduates