-schooler U.S.
(ˈskuːlə(r))
[f. school n.1 + -er1.]
As the second element in Combinations, designating a pupil at a specified type of school, or stage of school-life, as grade-schooler, high schooler. See also pre-schooler.
| 1971 Sci. Amer. Dec. 114/3 Martin Gardner's well-known learning and mathematical depth are worn lightly in this friendly, comical book for grade schoolers. 1972 Newsweek 25 Sept. 106/2 (caption) Harvard tutor..and high schoolers. 1973 Black World June 44/1 Ronald and Wayne are high schoolers. 1977 Rolling Stone 30 June 60/2 High schoolers will dye their hair gray, and buy iron-on wrinkles, and yearn for the day when their bodies begin to sag. |