schoolperson

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noun

A schoolchild, pupil, or student of any gender.

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Meanings

nounschoolperson (plural schoolpersons or schoolpeople)

plural schoolpersons · plural schoolpeople

  1. humorousnonstandardraresometimesA 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

Origin

From school + -person.

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APA

schoolperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolperson

MLA

“schoolperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schoolperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolperson.

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