town-and-gown



town-and-gown

the relations between a town and the university located within the town; the relations between university students and the nonstudents who live in a university town. (Usually in reference to a disagreement. Fixed order.) There is another town-and-gown dispute in Adamsville over the amount the university costs the city for police services. There was more town-and-gown strife reported at Larry's Bar and Grill last Saturday night.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HeidaHIE-dahGerman
Fatma-Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani
Osvald-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Uilleag-Irish
CoenKOONDutch
Asterix[asteriks]