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Pop.

A social club and debating society at Eton College.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɒp/UK/pɑp/US
  1. A social club and debating society at Eton College.

  2. The body of college prefects.

Where this word comes from

Uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first.

noun/pɒp/UK/pɑp/US
  1. A popular classical music concert.

    also · plural
Where this word comes from

Shortened from popular (concert).

name/pɒp/UK/pɑp/US
  1. Traditional nickname for a stage doorman.

    US · colloquial
Where this word comes from

From pop (“father”).

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