student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

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The entire student body was likely posed in front of the town's high school in a year when the town's population numbered less than 1,800. Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2025 The student body is more than 44,300 strong and the university has more than 16,000 employees, according to the school's website. Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025 The university confirmed Monday night that federal authorities revoked the visas of some within its student body. Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025 Julia Comino, student body vice president at American University, said shuttering the agency would harm the rights of America's most vulnerable. Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for student body

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of student body was in 1841

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“Student body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20body. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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