schoolchild
Americannoun
plural
schoolchildrenEtymology
Origin of schoolchild
Example Sentences
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Every schoolchild learns how larger European empires, including Russia, divided up the country among themselves in the 18th and 19th centuries, temporarily erasing it from the map.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Every British schoolchild learns about King Harold, William the Conqueror and 1066.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
He remembers being instructed, as a schoolchild, to stand waving along the route of the royal motorcade.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023
Recently James Robinson, a prominent televangelist, compared Trump to a "little elementary schoolchild."
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2022
I’d done my homework here as a schoolchild.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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