day student

American  

noun

1. a student who attends regular classes at a preparatory school or college but who does not reside at the institution.

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Example Sentences

Makkai lives on the premises of Chicago’s Lake Forest Academy, which she attended as a day student and where her husband, whom she met later in college, has taught for two decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023

On a typical day, student drivers in a tractor-trailer navigate orange cones in the school's parking lot.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2022

Frank attended Fettes Junior School and Fettes College as a day student between 1975 and 1981.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2022

Tuition for a day student between grades six and 12 averages $24,000 per year — about four times the average annual wage in Malaysia.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2018

I’m going to be a day student and live with Dedd and Jaimito during the week, then come home weekends to keep Mama company.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez