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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Noun Inflected Forms

• student councils
  plural

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student council

Fourth-grader Liliana Guzman, another student council member, remembered watching the work take shape during the previous school year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 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

St Paul's High School in Bessbrook described Tiarnán as a "much loved and popular year 10 pupil" who had recently been elected to serve on its student council.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2025

At ten-thirty, Mr. Kiley’s voice says over the loudspeaker, “Will the candidates for the student council please report to the auditorium?”

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

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