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varsity definition

var·sity (vär′sə tē)

noun pl. varsities -·ties

  1. the main team that represents a university, college, or school in some competition, esp. an athletic one
  2. Brit., Informal university

Etymology: contr. & altered < university

adjective

designating or of the varsity () team or competition

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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