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exchange student
noun
: a student from one country received into an institution in another country often in exchange for one sent to an institution in the home country of the first
Examples of exchange student in a Sentence
I went to Germany as an exchange student.
Recent Examples on the Web
Few members of either academy will ever gain the same level of appreciation — or first-hand experience — of the rivalry between Army and Navy more than the prisoner exchange students.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
Eleven days before the video was posted, Dougan appeared on a podcast with an anonymous man who claimed to be a former exchange student from Kazakhstan who was abused by Walz.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
Knox’s roommate, 21-year-old British exchange student Meredith Kercher, was found dead in their apartment, partially undressed and with her throat slashed, while the two were studying abroad in Italy.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
The bill was named in honor of a 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student who was one of ten people killed in the 2018 Santa Fe High School mass shooting.
—Kizzy Cox, Essence, 16 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1930, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of exchange student was
circa 1930
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“Exchange student.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exchange%20student. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.
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exchange student
noun
: a student from one country received into a school in another country in exchange for one sent to a school in the home country of the first student
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