oppidan

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The student was now safe from the ordeal of examinations, and that the higher classes, including ten senior collegers and ten senior oppidans, contained some of the very worst scholars.

From The Grand Old Man by Cook, Richard B. (Richard Briscoe)

They used to row down to Datchet and Bells of Ouseley, but from that time were forbidden to go below bridge and were put on the same recognised footing as oppidans.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

The oppidans, or boys not on the foundation, number about 1100.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

The Eton boys were then, as at present, divided into collegers and oppidans.

From Fielding by Dobson, Austin

The original ones are collegers, who are distinguished by a coarse black gown; the latter are oppidans, literally meaning "town-boys."

From Confessions of an Etonian by I. E. M.