student council

American  

noun

student councils plural

1. a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• student councils
  plural

Example Sentences

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student council

She was a ballroom dancer and president of her school's student council.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

Authorities on Wednesday released six students detained during protests at Tehran University, the university’s student council said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

Student activists started handing out flyers, urging their peers to vote during student council meetings and those of other campus groups, and posting on social media, Karen A. said.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025

Coming back from the pandemic, the student council implemented its own screen-free lunches to combat reliance on Chromebooks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024

The student council has this thing called Flowergrams.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy