English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь). 2014.
redbrick — [[t]re̱dbrɪk[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n In Britain, a redbrick university is one of the universities that were established in large cities outside London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as opposed to much older universities such as Oxford and… … English dictionary
redbrick — red|brick [ˈredbrık] adj a redbrick university is one of the British universities built in the late 19th or early 20th century, rather than an older university →↑Oxbridge … Dictionary of contemporary English
redbrick — adjective a redbrick university is one of the British universities built in the late 19th or early 20th century compare Oxbridge … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
redbrick — adjective Date: 1835 1. built of red brick 2. often capitalized [from the common use of red brick in constructing the buildings of recently founded universities] of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the 19th or early 20th … New Collegiate Dictionary
redbrick university — /ˌrɛdbrɪk junəˈvɜsəti/ (say .redbrik yoohnuh versuhtee) noun Chiefly British one of the newer and less well established universities in the United Kingdom, especially one which emphasises technical subjects, as opposed to older established and… …
redbrick — adj. made of red bricks; referring to all universities and colleges in England besides Oxford and Cambridge … English contemporary dictionary
redbrick — UK [ˈredˌbrɪk] / US [ˈredbrɪk] adjective 1) made of red coloured bricks 2) British relating to universities built in the late 19th or early 20th centuries … English dictionary
redbrick university — red′brick univer′sity [[t]ˈrɛdˌbrɪk[/t]] n. (sometimes caps.) chiefly brit. brit. a relatively new university that lacks the prestige of the older universities, esp. Oxford and Cambridge • Etymology: 1940–45 … From formal English to slang
redbrick — Applied to other universities than Oxford, Cambridge and London … A concise dictionary of English slang
STUDENTS' MOVEMENTS, JEWISH — In Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries most gentile students societies did not accept Jews (see … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Oxbridge — /oks brij /, Chiefly Brit. n. 1. Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, esp. in contrast with the redbrick universities of England. 2. upper class intellectual life in England, as felt to be under the influence of Oxford and Cambridge… … Universalium
