vacist

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/ˈvɑː.kɪst//ˈvæk.ɪst/

noun

A student who has finished a certain level of schooling and is on holiday while they wait to receive their national examination marks, which will allow them to continue their education.

OriginEnglish vac(ation) ← Middle English vacation →
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Meanings

nounvacist (plural vacists)

plural vacists

  1. UgandaA student who has finished a certain level of schooling and is on holiday while they wait to receive their national examination marks, which will allow them to continue their education.

    Don't let holiday makers, particularly the vacists spend the entire holiday in front of the television or on their phones, for there is no much value in binge watching or scrolling through social media platforms all day long.

    2022 December 3, Vivian Agaba, “Encourage vacists to learn a new skill”, in Daily Monitor, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2025

Origin

  1. Middle Englishvacation
  2. Englishvac(ation)
  3. Englishvacist

From vac(ation) + -ist. Doublet of vacationist.

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Cite this entry
APA

vacist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacist

MLA

“vacist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vacist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacist.

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