gymnasiast

¹ American  

[jim-ney-zee-ast] / dʒɪmˈneɪ ziˌæst /

noun

1. a student in a gymnasium.

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gymnasiast ² American  

[jim-ney-zee-ast] / dʒɪmˈneɪ ziˌæst /

noun

1. a gymnast.

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gymnasiast British  

/ dʒɪmˈneɪzɪˌæst /

noun

1. a student in a gymnasium

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Etymology

Origin of gymnasiast¹

1820–30; < German < New Latin gymnasiasta. See gymnasium ², -ast ( def. )

Origin of gymnasiast¹

First recorded in 1855–60; gymnasi(um) ¹ + -ast ( def. )

Example Sentences

In general, the gymnasiast is already more free, and placed in greater external advantage than the scholars of the other schools; the near prospect of student life calls forth, not seldom, extravagances, which, however, are contended with more vigorously by the teachers, but through the advanced age of the youths are not readily repressed.

From Project Gutenberg

When the gymnasiast has passed through all the classes, he then undergoes his examination.

From Project Gutenberg

In our authorial world we see the sad result; that teachers begin at the end and undertake, by means of writers who properly only give the tenderest, best taste the last finish, to carve that of the gymnasiast out of the rough, and so follow neither nature nor me.

From Project Gutenberg

In the slang of student-life, the gymnasiast is styled a Frog, the school itself a Pond; between the time of his declaration of maturity and his reception as student, he is called a Mule.

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