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Demy \De*my"\, n.; pl. Demies. [See Demi-.]

1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See
under Paper.
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2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also
demi.]
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He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a
term by which that society denominates those
elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake
of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their
order to vacant fellowships. --Johnson.
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