sb. and a. Also 8 Wykhamist, Wiccamist. [ad. mod.L. Wykehamista (16th c.), f. the name William of Wykeham (1324–1404), Bishop of Winchester, and founder of Winchester College (1382) and New College, Oxford (1379).]
A. sb. One who is or has been a pupil at Winchester College.
1758. C. Golding, Def. Cond. Warden Winchester Coll., 51. P. S. Lest any Wykhamist should be offended at the Liberty I have taken of citing the Statutes of this College in the Original, [etc.].
1773. Hist. & Antiq. Winchester, I. 147. Andrew Phillips … shared the piety and doctrine of the Wiccamists.
1782. J. Nichols, Sel. Collect. Poems, VIII. 75. Young Cibber, being likewise a Wykehamist, called on Dr. Ridley.
1860. Walcott, Cathedrals, 251. That most characteristic gathering of Wykehamists old and young.
1885. Athenæum, 4 July, 14/3. The governors of Harrow have successively appointed the most learned and single-minded of Wykehamists.
1903. [see WYKEHAMICAL a. 2].
B. adj. = WYKEHAMICAL a. 1.
1865. (title) Wykehamist Meeting. The anniversary festival will be holden … May 17, 1865.
1867. Aug. G. Drane, Chr. Schools, II. vii. 260. The Wykehamist Colleges … opened the way to other foundations of a similar description.
1891. Athenæum, 14 Feb., 212/1. It may reasonably be hoped that this is not Wykehamist Greek.
