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sixth-former

sixth-former noun: a pupil in the sixth form.

Noun

sixth-former (plural sixth-formers)

  1. (Australia, UK) A pupil in the sixth form.
    • [T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37

Forms of sixth-former

pluralsixth-formers

Origin of sixth-former

From sixth form + -er.

Questions about sixth-former

What does sixth-former mean?
Sixth-former means a pupil in the sixth form.
What part of speech is sixth-former?
Sixth-former is a noun.
What is the plural of sixth-former?
The plural of sixth-former is sixth-formers.

Words near sixth-former in the dictionary

  1. sixth sense
  2. sixth senses
  3. Sixth World
  4. sixth-form college
  5. sixth-form colleges
  6. sixth-former
  7. sixth-formers
  8. sixth-rate
  9. sixth-rates
  10. sixth-sense
  11. sixth-sensed

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