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redbrick university — noun (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Ki … Useful english dictionary
redbrick university — red′brick univer′sity [[t]ˈrɛdˌbrɪk[/t]] n. (sometimes caps.) chiefly brit. brit. a relatively new university that lacks the prestige of the older universities, esp. Oxford and Cambridge • Etymology: 1940–45 … From formal English to slang
redbrick university — /ˌrɛdbrɪk junəˈvɜsəti/ (say .redbrik yoohnuh versuhtee) noun Chiefly British one of the newer and less well established universities in the United Kingdom, especially one which emphasises technical subjects, as opposed to older established and… …
University of Hull — Motto Lampada Ferens (Latin) Motto in English Carrying the lamp of learning Established 1954 University Status 1927 University College Hull … Wikipedia
redbrick — or red brick [red′brik΄] adj. [from the typical building material (in contrast to the stone of Oxford and Cambridge)] designating or of a British university or college other than Oxford or Cambridge; esp., any of the newer ones in the provinces:… … English World dictionary
redbrick — red|brick [ˈredbrık] adj a redbrick university is one of the British universities built in the late 19th or early 20th century, rather than an older university →↑Oxbridge … Dictionary of contemporary English
redbrick — /red brik /, adj. Brit. Informal. (sometimes cap.) of, pertaining to, or associated with a redbrick university. Also, red brick. [1705 15; RED1 + BRICK] * * * … Universalium
redbrick — [[t]re̱dbrɪk[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n In Britain, a redbrick university is one of the universities that were established in large cities outside London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as opposed to much older universities such as Oxford and… … English dictionary
redbrick — adjective a redbrick university is one of the British universities built in the late 19th or early 20th century compare Oxbridge … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Red brick university — Redbrick and similar redirect here. For the building material, see brick. Red brick (or redbrick ) is a term used to refer to the six civic British universities founded in the major industrial cities of England in the Victorian era which achieved … Wikipedia
