schoolchild

[ skool-chahyld ]

noun

, plural school·chil·dren.

1. a child attending school.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolchild¹

First recorded in 1830–40; school ¹ + child

Example Sentences

In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.

From Los Angeles Times

He lectured a schoolchild’s correct spelling of “potato” at a spelling bee, getting it wrong as “potatoe.”

From Los Angeles Times

Every schoolchild learns the name: Mesopotamia – the Fertile Crescent, the cradle of civilization.

From New York Times

He remembers being instructed, as a schoolchild, to stand waving along the route of the royal motorcade.

From Los Angeles Times

Recently James Robinson, a prominent televangelist, compared Trump to a "little elementary schoolchild."

From Salon

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