"demy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: demies [plural]
Etymology: * (scholarship): From Latin demi-socii (“half-fellows”); see socius. Etymology templates: {{sense|scholarship}} (scholarship):, {{der|en|la|demi-socii||half-fellows}} Latin demi-socii (“half-fellows”), {{m|en|socius}} socius Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} demy (countable and uncountable, plural demies)
  1. A printing paper size, 17½ inches by 22½ inches. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Paper sizes
    Sense id: en-demy-en-noun-5rFLSJJs Disambiguation of Paper sizes: 31 35 34
  2. (colloquial) One holding a demyship, a kind of scholarship for Magdalen College, Oxford. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Paper sizes
    Sense id: en-demy-en-noun-fOjbL~TJ Disambiguation of Paper sizes: 31 35 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 80 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 78 15
  3. Junior scholar, specifically at Magdalen College, Oxford. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Paper sizes
    Sense id: en-demy-en-noun-4aiukB7L Disambiguation of Paper sizes: 31 35 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: double demy, junior demy, music demy, quad demy, senior demy

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