Noun: schoolie skoo-lee
Usage: Austral, informal
Usage: Austral, informal
- A young person attending school (up through senior high school)
"The bus was filled with noisy schoolies on their way home";
- schoolchild, school-age child, pupil, schoolkid [informal]
- A teacher in a school below the college level
"The dedicated schoolie spent her evenings grading papers and planning lessons";
- schoolteacher, school teacher
Derived forms: schoolies
Type of: educator, instructor, spring chicken, teacher, younker [archaic], youth
Part of: school