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    At which university are first year students known by a word derived from an Anglo Norman word for young bird?

    Question #104000. Asked by welllady. (Mar 20 09 2:03 PM)


    LauraMcC

    		The University of St Andrews, where they are known as Bejants, or Bejantines, after the phrase "bec jaune", meaning "yellow beak" or "fledging".

    http://www.saint-andrews.co.uk/glossary.htm

    Mar 20 09, 2:38 PM

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