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Jambite
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English
Etymology
From en JAMB -ite.
Noun
en Nigeria A first-year student at university; freshman.
en 1993 Bonds of Destiny Funmilayo Adegbite 48 So Pamela was the much talked about new Jambite. She had been the talk of the campus since he arrived, but he hadn't had the opportunity of asking for her name from his friends who told him about her.
en 1997 Barbwire Gbadebo Adeniyi 70 They first met when Tina was a Jambite and had just arrived on the Ife campus and Frankie was a final year student.
en 2013 Campus Nightmares Justin Udie 1300749938 I'm a 300 level law student and you're just a fucking Jambite and....
Alternative forms
en jambite
en Education