schoolie

English

noun
Definitions
  • (Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
  • (Australia) A schoolteacher.
  • (UK) An education officer.
  • (US) A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.

Etymology

Suffix from English school.

Origin

English

school

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