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school-leaver

school-leaver noun: a high-school student who has recently graduated.

Noun

school-leaver (plural school-leavers)

  1. A high-school student who has recently graduated.
    • And he has the following message for the latest generation of young school leavers. [...] "When you work on the railway you really do join a family, and everyone really looks after each other. I thoroughly recommend it."2021 January 13, Paul Stephen, “I'd like to do it all over again”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 47

Forms of school-leaver

pluralschool-leavers

Questions about school-leaver

What does school-leaver mean?
School-leaver means a high-school student who has recently graduated.
What part of speech is school-leaver?
School-leaver is a noun.
What is the plural of school-leaver?
The plural of school-leaver is school-leavers.

Words near school-leaver in the dictionary

  1. school-dinner lady
  2. school-goer
  3. school-goers
  4. school-house
  5. school-houses
  6. school-leaver
  7. school-leavers
  8. school-marm
  9. school-marms
  10. school-point
  11. school-points

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