Meanings
plural student bodies
- All the students (pupils) enrolled at an educational institution.
The student body held its annual all-school meeting to discuss prom night.
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The stated mission of the Jon Grissom Academy, commissioned in 2176, is to "serve a student population demonstrating excellence and passion for math, science, and the liberal arts." Its entirely human student body ranges in age from the early teens to the mid-twenties.
2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Grissom Academy - slangAmerican footballA football play in which most of the players run to one side of the field.
student body left
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student body right
Translations
Catalan alumnat, estudiantat
- alumnatstudent body (body of students or pupils)
- estudiantatstudent body (body of students or pupils)
French ensemble des élèves, ensemble des étudiants
- ensemble des élèvesstudent body (body of students or pupils)
- ensemble des étudiantsstudent body (body of students or pupils)
German Schülerschaft, Studentenschaft
- Schülerschaftstudent body (body of students or pupils)
- Studentenschaftstudent body (body of students or pupils)
- Studierendenschaftstudent body (body of students or pupils)
Spanish alumnado, estudiantado
- alumnadostudent body (body of students or pupils)
- estudiantadostudent body (body of students or pupils)
- discipuladostudent body (body of students or pupils)
- cuerpo estudiantilstudent body (body of students or pupils)
Cite this entry
student body. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/student%20body
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