schoolchild

A2
US /ˈskuːlt͡ʃaɪld/
noun Freq #140658

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.

    They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

  2. 2
    noun

    a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

Etymology

From school + child.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a young person attending... pupilschoolkidstudent
2 noun · a young person attending... pupil

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