campus
cam·pus
noun
1.
a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
Origin
Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.
Phrases
- big man on campus
- campus carry
- closed campus
- satellite campus
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