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This is a list of current
University of Oxford
dining clubs . All are social in nature and recruit members by private invitation for a programme of drinking and dining. Members are drawn exclusively from the student body of the University of Oxford. Most have individual costumes and traditions and maintain a high degree of secrecy concerning their membership and activities.
University wide
The Assassins
[1]
[2]
[3] (male society)
The
Bullingdon Club
[1]
[2]
[3] (founded 1780; dress in navy blue tailcoats, with navy velvet collar, ivory silk lapels, brass buttons, mustard waistcoat, and a sky blue bow tie; club tie is sky blue striped with ivory; sometimes called The Buller; male society)
The Delilahs
[3] (female society)
The Gridiron Club
[1]
[3] (founded 1884; commonly called The Grid; club tie is dark blue with white gridirons; mixed gender society)
The
Piers Gaveston Society
[1]
[2]
[3] (founded 1977; limited to 12 members; mixed gender society)
The Stoics
[2]
[3]
[4] (dress in black tailcoats, with bi-coloured socks, braces, and bow ties of blue and yellow; male society)
The Viceroys
[1]
[3]
[5] (dress in black tailcoats, with bow ties of purple with yellow and blue stripes; male society)
The 9th Prime Club[
citation needed ] (postgraduates only; mixed gender society)
College based
The Abbotts,
Corpus Christi
[1] (male society)
The Ace of Spades,[
citation needed ]
St Edmund Hall (male society)
The Alices,
Christ Church
[1] (female society)
L’Ancien Régime,
Merton
[1] (mixed gender society)
The Black Cygnets,
St Hugh's
[1]
[3]
[6] (male society - members wear white bow-ties with cygnet motif; organise 'fox hunt')
Bugger Ruggers,
St Edmund Hall
[2]
[3] (female society)
The Cardinals,
Christ Church
[1] (male society)
The Carolines,[
citation needed ]
New College (female society)
The Claret Club,
Trinity
[1]
[3] (male society)
The Dolphins,
Jesus
[3] (female society)
The Eaglets,
The Queen's
[7] (male society)
The Elizabethan Society,
Jesus
[8]
[9]
[10] (male society)
The Faeries,
Lincoln
[3] (female society)
Flowers and Fairies,
Christ Church
[1]
[2]
[3] (male society)
The George
[3]
The Goblin Club,
Lincoln
[3]
[11] (founded 1902; limited to between 12 and 15 members; extensive silverware collection; club tie in colours of port, champagne, and claret; male society)
The Halcyon Club,
The Queen's
[7] (mixed gender society)
The
King Charles Club ,
St John's
[1]
[2] (claims to be the oldest University dining club; club tie is black, with stripes of pacific blue edged with gold; male society)
The Loder,
Christ Church
[1]
[3] (members drink only from 18th-century silver goblets; male society)
The Missionaries,[
citation needed ]
Magdalen (male society)
The Mantis,
Magdalen
[3] (female society)
The Mercurials,
Christ Church
[1] (male society)
The Millers,
Oriel
[3] (male and female society)
The
Myrmidon Club ,
Merton
[3]
[12] (founded 1865; mixed gender society)
The Myrmaids,
Merton
[3] (female society)
The Musketeers,
Oriel
[3] (male society)
The Nondescripts Club,
Christ Church
[2] (male society)
The Penguin Club,
Hertford
[1] (possibly defunct; male society)
The Phoenix Club,
Brasenose
[2]
[3] (claims to be the oldest University dining club; dress in brown tailcoats, and dine with a silver phoenix at the table; limited to 12 members; male society)
The Preprandials Society,[
citation needed ]
New College (mixed gender society)
The
Pythic Club ,
Christ Church (founded by 1845)
The Regent's Rabbits,
Regent's Park College (female society)
[13]
The Reginae Society,
The Queen's
[7] (female society)
The Sir Henry Pelham Gentleman's Sporting Society,
Hertford
[1] (commonly known as Pelhams; male society)
Somerville Ladies Ultimate Tequila Society,
Somerville
[3] (female society)
The Steamers,
Keble
[1] (male society)
The Syndicate,
St Edmund Hall
[14] (male society)
The Wardens,[
citation needed ]
Merton (mixed gender society)
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