cantab/ˈkantab/EtymologyClipping of Cantabrigian, from Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”).cantab means cantabrigian. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.adjCantabrigian.nounA graduate of the University of Cambridge.“She is frequently visited by the young Cantabs, upon their arrival in the capital […].”A student at or graduate of Harvard University, USA (Cambridge, MA).