schoolfriend

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noun

A friend from one's school.

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Meanings

nounschoolfriend (plural schoolfriends)

plural schoolfriends

  1. A friend from one's school.

    I well remember one occasion when a school-friend and I travelled to Brighton on a cheap train, and rather staggered our parents on our return, when we informed them that we had spent the entire day sitting on a convenient fence on the high cliff west of the station, watching the trains.

    1957 July 28, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 458

Origin

From school + friend.

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Translations

German Schulfreund, Schulfreundin
  • Schulfreundfriend from one's school
  • Schulfreundinfriend from one's school
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APA

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MLA

“schoolfriend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolfriend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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