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List of University of Oxford dining clubs

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 (known for their debauchery in the 1980s; not to be confused with the unrelated student society, Oxford Guild of Assassins)
  • The Bullingdon Club (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 (female society)
  • The Drater Club (mixed gender society, oriented toward neurodiversity and anti-elitist humour, dress in white tie and red loafers)
  • The Gridiron Club (founded 1884; commonly called The Grid; club tie is dark blue with white gridirons; mixed gender society)
  • The Piers Gaveston Society (founded 1977; limited to 12 members; mixed gender society)
  • The Stoics (dress in black tailcoats, with bi-coloured socks, braces, and bow ties of blue and yellow; male society)
  • The Viceroys (dress in black tailcoats, with bow ties of purple with yellow and blue stripes; male society)
  • The 9th Prime Club (postgraduates only, mixed gender society)

College based

  • The Abbotts, Corpus Christi (male society)
  • The Ace of Spades, St Edmund Hall (male society)
  • The Alices, Christ Church (female society)
  • L’Ancien Régime, Merton (mixed gender society)
  • The Black Cygnets, St Hugh's (male society - members wear white bowties with cygnet motif; organise 'fox hunt')
  • Bugger Ruggers, St Edmund Hall (female society)
  • The Cardinals, Christ Church (male society)
  • The Carolines, New College (female society)
  • The Cecilias, Christ Church (female society)
  • The Claret Club, Trinity (male society)
  • The D'Avenant Society, Lincoln (mixed gender society)
  • The Dolphins, Jesus (female society)
  • The Dinos, New College (male society)
  • The Eaglets, The Queen's (male society)
  • The Elizabethan Society, Jesus (male society)
  • The Faeries, Lincoln (female society)
  • Flowers and Fairies, Christ Church (female society)
  • The GC, University College (possibly named after George Cawkwell)
  • The George
  • The Goblin Club, Lincoln (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 (mixed gender society)
  • The King Charles Club, St John's (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 (members drink only from 18th-century silver goblets, male society)
  • The Missionaries, Magdalen (male society)
  • The Mantis, Magdalen (female society)
  • The Mercurials, Christ Church (male society)
  • The Millers, Oriel (male and female society)
  • The Myrmidon Club, Merton (founded 1865, mixed gender society)
  • The Myrmaids, Merton (female society)
  • The Musketeers, Oriel (male society)
  • The Nicholites, Wadham College
  • The Nondescripts Club, Christ Church (male society)
  • The Penguin Club, Hertford (possibly defunct; male society)
  • The Phoenix Club, Brasenose (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, New College (mixed gender society)
  • The Pythic Club, Christ Church (founded by 1845)
  • The Regent's Rabbits, Regent's Park College (female society)
  • The Reginae Society, The Queen's (female society)
  • The Shakespeare Club, University College(founded 1876; mixed-gender society after 1979)
  • The Sir Henry Pelham Gentleman's Sporting Society, Hertford (commonly known as Pelhams; male society)
  • Somerville Ladies Ultimate Tequila Society, Somerville (female society)
  • The Steamers, Keble (male society)
  • The Syndicate, St Edmund Hall (male society)
  • The Wardens, Merton (mixed gender society)

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