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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Knox, from Seattle in the US, and Meredith Kercher, from Surrey in the UK, were both language exchange students sharing a house in the university town of Perugia.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Chinese exchange students have provided glimpses on social media of life in Pyongyang, including photos of department stores featuring cosmetics with Chanel’s logo and sunglasses with Ray-Ban’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
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
Hattori was on his way to a party for exchange students with the young son in the family he was staying with, Webb Haymaker.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 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
