I think that the point here may have been missed. "Corinthian" in this sense, used within an English context, refers to a particular "set" of athletic, wealthy and perpetually bored members of the gentry during the Regency Period - the definitions at the top hail from that period. They liked to congregate at venues like Jackson's Boxing Saloon to try to "place a flush hit" on the master. They fenced. They raced curricles (or perch phaetons) from London to Brighton and back. They dressed in a very subdued style (to set themselves apart from the ostentatious dandy set, one of whom was the Prince Regent). Their model was Beau Brummell until he fell from grace.

They did assume the name "Corinthian" because the ancient Greek model appealed to them, but about there the resemblance ended ...


It's very unusual to see it used in a modern context. So few people would understand the reference!