Definition of upperclassman
:a member of the junior or senior class in a school or college
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Examples of upperclassman in a Sentence
Only upperclassmen can go off-campus for lunch.
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Just look at this year’s NBA draft, where the first upperclassman was not selected until Duke sophomore Luke Kennard with 12th pick.
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Known for his elite speed, Bolden was one of the mainstay holdovers from the Mike Riley era who as an upperclassman became a team leader for Gary Andersen.
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As the only true freshman to play on offense in 2016, Dawkins had only 11 catches for 191 yards and one TD last season, playing behind multiple upperclassmen.
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The prospects from the 2017 defensive Effys included two upperclassmen who carried teams to the Final Four and one unheralded West Coast guard.
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Among the Horned Frogs’ newcomers next season will be two upperclassmen: forward Ahmed Hamdy (6-9, 240), a graduate transfer from VCU, along with guard Shawn Olden, a 6-3 transfer from New Mexico Junior College.
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The play tells the story of freshman bookworm Ben, who is thrown into a dorm with party-hardy upperclassman Eli.
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At the team hotel later, with coaches nowhere in sight, five to eight upperclassmen barged into a room and ordered three freshmen out of hiding.
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At the team hotel later, with coaches nowhere in sight, five to eight upperclassmen barged into a room and ordered three freshmen out of hiding.
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First Known Use of upperclassman
1871
UPPERCLASSMAN Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of upperclassman for English Language Learners
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: a student in the third or fourth year of high school or college
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