Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SUPPOST, n. Sc. usage: a member of a university, specif. in use in St Andrews and Glasgow. Obs. exc. hist.Sc. 1807 J. Grierson Delineations of St Andrews (1838) 198:
The rector is a civil judge in the university, and complaints can be brought before him against any of the masters, students, or supposts (suppositi) of it.Sc. 1819 T. McCrie Life Melville I. 212:
The University of St. Andrews was formed on the model of those of Paris and Bologna. All its members or supposts, as they were called, . . . were divided into nations.Sc. 1927 D. Murray Old College Gsw. 451:
The idea of a Studium Generale or University did not embrace the domestic life of the students or other supposts.
