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schoolperson

schoolperson noun: a schoolchild, pupil, or student of any gender.

Noun

schoolperson (plural schoolpersons or schoolpeople)

  1. (humorous, nonstandard, rare, sometimes) A schoolchild, pupil, or student of any gender.
    • But, schoolpersons everywhere are learning this story, and questioning it. "How," little school people ask, "could Ben Franklin have flown a kite in a lightning storm, with a key at the end of the kite's string, and not get killed?"1978, Dick Amann, Dick Smith, Forgotten Women of Computer History

Forms of schoolperson

pluralschoolpersons
pluralschoolpeople

Origin of schoolperson

From school + -person.

Questions about schoolperson

What does schoolperson mean?
Schoolperson means a schoolchild, pupil, or student of any gender.
What part of speech is schoolperson?
Schoolperson is a noun.
What is the plural of schoolperson?
The plural of schoolperson is schoolpersons.

Words near schoolperson in the dictionary

  1. schoolmistressly
  2. schoolmistressy
  3. schoolnight
  4. schoolnights
  5. schoolpeople
  6. schoolperson
  7. schoolpersons
  8. schoolphobia
  9. schoolphobic
  10. schoolroom
  11. schoolrooms

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