boardernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɔː.dər/us/ˈbɔːr.dɚ/a student at a school who sleeps and eats there and only goes home during school holidays
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day pupil
a person who pays to stay and receive meals in someone else's house
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Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- cadet
- entrant
- graduate
- infant
- intern
- internship
- learner
- mature age student
- pupil
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
- student
- theologian
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