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Meanings of schoolchild in English

Portuguese
aluno
Catalan
deixebla
Spanish
discípulo

A young person attending school (up through senior high school)

        aluno

        A child attending school.

              Usage of schoolchild in English
              1
              We can hardly claim that this has been granted to every schoolchild.
              The Irish Times
              2
              In other words, he hadn't known what every schoolchild on Earth probably knew.
              Earth Afire
              3
              And, as every schoolchild knows, it was all Adolf Hitler's idea.
              The Irish Times
              4
              So he took to carrying around a slate, like a schoolchild.
              Pathfinder
              5
              I fought the urge to squirm like a schoolchild caught at a lie.
              The Laughing Corpse
              6
              Chantal giggled again, the way a schoolchild did when told a dirty joke.
              Ebony
              7
              The officials had earlier said the fatality was a schoolchild.
              The Irish Times
              8
              EVERY schoolchild knows that Douglas Hyde was Ireland's first President.
              The Irish Times
              9
              The schoolchild care brands are Nanakara and Miraie International School.
              Reuters
              10
              Vardia was immediately all over it, like an anxious schoolchild.
              Midnight at the well of souls
              11
              One of the Irish girls raised her palm in the air like a schoolchild.
              Osprey island
              12
              He stared into space or laid his head on folded arms, like a schoolchild.
              The Irish Times
              13
              Each year she anticipated the first snow like a schoolchild hoping for a day off.
              Wired
              14
              Even as a schoolchild I had to carry documents describing me as an enemy alien.
              The Guardian
              15
              These accounts are taught to every Chinese schoolchild and form a staple of television dramas.
              Reuters
              16
              Clara clasps her hands behind her back, like a schoolchild about to recite a poem.
              The Guardian
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