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nonstudent

noun
non·​stu·​dent | \ ˌnän-ˈst(y)ü-dᵊnt How to pronounce nonstudent (audio) \
plural nonstudents

Definition of nonstudent

: a person who is not a student The cafeteria is open to nonstudents. —often used before another noun nonstudent visitorsnonstudent parking

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 The Apartment List survey showed about 8 percent of nonstudent millennials get some form of help from their parents to pay monthly rent and one-third of those renters have their rent paid by their parents in full. — Anna Orso, Philly.com, "How to buy a house or pay for rent? Mom and Dad might help," 11 Apr. 2018 UC police made three arrests — all nonstudents — during the protest. — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, "UC Berkeley condemns violent Milo Yiannopoulos protests," 2 Feb. 2017

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First Known Use of nonstudent

1827, in the meaning defined above

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