Xavierite

English

Etymology

Xavier +‎ -ite.

Noun

Xavierite (plural Xavierites)

1. A student who attends any of numerous schools named for Saint Francis Xavier.
   • 1976, Sunil Gavaskar, Sunny Days:

     When St. Xavier's won the Harris Shield under Chaudhari's captaincy, every Xavierite went delirious with joy.

   • 2006, Norman C. Francis, The Future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities:

     One of the three [who got a PhD in mathematics] was a Xavierite.

   • 2013 October 18, Barry Bleidt, Multicultural Pharmaceutical Education, Routledge, →ISBN:

     I invited a Xavierite, now a graduate student at the University of Florida, to speak to the group about her experiences in quaternary education.

Related terms

• Xaverian