student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

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Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, being a theological school known for outstanding professors of missiology and its international student body, helped prepare Pope Leo for his subsequent ministry that crossed borders and cultures. Mark R. Francis, Time, 10 May 2025 International students make up more than 27% of Harvard's student body. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 Large Southern state schools — including the University of Texas — are attracting a geographically diverse student body as Americans are increasingly disillusioned with the value of higher education. Thomas Oide, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025 According to the Michigan Department of Education, the student body at the time was 99.52 per cent Black. Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 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 19 May. 2025.

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