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student-athlete

student-athlete noun: a student who participates in a competitive sport while also attending school.

Noun

student-athlete (plural student-athletes)

  1. (Canada, US) A student who participates in a competitive sport while also attending school.
    • The online fundraising site GiveSendGo continues to face criticism over a page that has raised more than $320,000 for Karmelo Anthony, the teen arrested for stabbing fellow 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to death at a Texas track meet last week.2025 April 10, Bobby Burack, “GiveSendGo's $300,000 Page For Karmelo Anthony Is Consistent With Company Policy”, in OutKick, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2026

Forms of student-athlete

pluralstudent-athletes
alternative formstudent athlete

Questions about student-athlete

What does student-athlete mean?
Student-athlete means a student who participates in a competitive sport while also attending school.
What part of speech is student-athlete?
Student-athlete is a noun.
What is the plural of student-athlete?
The plural of student-athlete is student-athletes.

Words near student-athlete in the dictionary

  1. Student's t test
  2. Student's t tests
  3. Student's t-test
  4. Student's t-tests
  5. Student's ts
  6. student-athlete
  7. student-athletes
  8. studentese
  9. studentess
  10. studentesses
  11. studenthood

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