Schoolchildren

noun

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Noun

1
plural of schoolchild form-of, plural
"Communication from Bishop Elias L. Williams, requesting that Saturday, April 4, be proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Long Beach, and suggesting that school children be given half-day off on April 3."

Synonyms

pupil pupil school age child school-age child schoolkid schoolkid

Example

"As it is now, many schoolchildren own a dictionary but don't really know what to do with it."

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