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Quotation dates: 1698
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Ternar, n. [Late L. ternārius. Also in the later dial.] A student of the third or lowest social rank at St. Andrews University. —1698 Minute, St. Leonard's Coll., St. Andrews July.
Many are of opinion that the distinctions of Primar, Secondar and Ternar ought to be taken away