student body

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Noun

student body (plural student bodies)

1. All the students (pupils) enrolled at an educational institution.

   The student body held its annual all-school meeting to discuss prom night.

   • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Grissom Academy:

     The stated mission of the Jon Grissom Academy, commissioned in 2176, is to "serve a student population demonstrating excellence and passion for math, science, and the liberal arts." Its entirely human student body ranges in age from the early teens to the mid-twenties.

2. (American football slang) A football play in which most of the players run to one side of the field.

   student body left

   student body right

Translations

student body (body of students or pupils)

• Catalan: alumnat (ca) m, estudiantat (ca) m
• French: ensemble des élèves m, ensemble des étudiants m
• German: Schülerschaft (de) f, Studentenschaft (de) f (higher education), Studierendenschaft f (higher education)
• Spanish: alumnado (es) m, estudiantado m, discipulado m, cuerpo estudiantil m

football play in which most of the players run to one side of the field

See also

• pupil
• organization
• constituent