student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

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Outlined in that plan is a specific campus master plan that includes adding 25 buildings, including dorms, classrooms, parking garages and sports facilities that will be needed to accommodate a student body increase of several thousand. Samuel O'Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Dec. 2025 At the University of California, Berkeley, McNamara made Phi Beta Kappa in his sophomore year and became a member of the Order of the Golden Bear, a quasi-secret society dedicated to promoting leadership within the student body. Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 Brown’s student body of 11,000-plus undergraduate and graduate students is considerably larger than RISD’s of more than 2,600. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 15 Dec. 2025 There are over 113 nations and territories represented in the student body. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 15 Dec. 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 20 Dec. 2025.

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