Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

exchange student

American  

noun

  1. a secondary-school or college student who studies for a period, usually one year, at a foreign institution as part of a reciprocal program between two institutions or countries.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"You don't normally get an exchange student player who is such a high calibre athlete," he recalled.

From BBC

Patrizia Szewernoha, an exchange student from Germany studying media and communications, said she chose to represent the United Kingdom because she wanted to learn more about the UK's policies.

From BBC

The first was 7-0 Belgium exchange student Gilles Dierickx when he was coaching at Chaminade in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times

The book begins with a personal anecdote: as an 18-year-old from a small town in eastern France, Mireille spent a year as an exchange student in Weston, Massachusetts, where she discovered American food — and gained 20 pounds in the process.

From Salon

Knox was a 20-year-old exchange student in the university town of Perugia when she and her then-Italian boyfriend were accused of murdering her housemate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, who was found dead in the apartment they shared on Nov. 2, 2007.

From Seattle Times