student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

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About 27% of Hopkins’ student body, including undergraduate and graduate students, are international, a Hopkins spokesperson said last week. Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025 The developments unfolded in a courtroom not far from the Harvard campus, where speakers at Thursday's commencement ceremony stressed the importance of maintaining a diverse and international student body. Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025 Judge Allison Burroughs issued the ruling from the bench after an emergency hearing on the administration’s move, which upended the lives of the 27 percent of Harvard’s student body that is made up of foreign students. Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 29 May 2025 Erin Clark / Boston Globe via Getty Images As the oldest, richest and most renowned university in the U.S., Harvard is a dream school not just for Americans but also for international students, who make up more than a quarter of its student body. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for student body

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of student body was in 1841

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“Student body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20body. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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