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schoolchildren

schoolchildren is the plural of schoolchild.

Meaning of schoolchild

Noun

schoolchild (plural schoolchildren)

  1. 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.1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9
    Synonyms:
    pupil, student, schoolkid

Forms of schoolchildren

alternative formschool children

Questions about schoolchildren

What is schoolchildren the plural of?
Schoolchildren is the plural of schoolchild.

Words near schoolchildren in the dictionary

  1. schoolboys
  2. schoolbus
  3. schoolbuses
  4. schoolcap
  5. schoolchild
  6. schoolchildren
  7. schoolcraft
  8. Schoolcraft County
  9. Schoolcrafts
  10. schooldame
  11. schooldames

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