student union

noun

: a building on a college campus that is devoted to student activities and that usually contains lounges, auditoriums, offices, and game rooms

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The ambitious vision includes a plan to tear down an old furniture factory on the prison grounds and replace it with a building more reminiscent of a college campus, with a student union and classrooms. —

Trân Nguyễn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024 Wards 60 and 134 will be able to cast a ballot until 9:30 p.m. at Memorial Union, one of UW's two student unions. —

Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024 Potentially hundreds of student onlookers are gathered outside the police tape near the UWM student union and Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, along with additional protesters. —

Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024 Kelly spoke to the crowd of about 60 students in a grassy area near the center of campus, in front of the student union. —

Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for student union

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of student union was in 1892

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“Student union.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20union. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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