exchange student
noun
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.
exchange students
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pluralof exchange student.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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America’s openness to exchange students has allowed China’s cohort of international students in America to grow to more than a quarter of a million—the majority of whom return home after graduation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Knox and Ms Kercher were both language exchange students sharing a house in the university town of Perugia in 2007.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024
I mean, we had it at the college and we had Japanese exchange students who loved bluegrass and played in the bluegrass band.
From Salon ● May 19, 2024
I made my own “siblings” with longtime friends and exchange students.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
And our school always seemed to attract German exchange students, and teachers who enjoyed dressing up as Nazis.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
