day-boy

A day-boy arrives at school in the morning.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A male student who attends a boarding school but does not live there: A "day-boy" is a boy who is enrolled at a school that offers boarding facilities but returns to his home each evening instead of residing at the school.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The school had fifty boarders and thirty day-boys. (There were thirty male students who lived at home and attended classes during the day.)
  • As a day-boy, he had to commute to school every morning. (Because he did not live at the school, he traveled from home each day.)

Advanced Usage

• "day-boy" is a term primarily used in the context of British-style boarding schools. It contrasts with "boarder," a student who lives at the school.
  • The day-boys were allowed to use the school library after hours, but they had to leave by 8 p.m. (The non-resident male students had limited access to facilities.)

Variants and Related Words

• Day-girl (n): a female student who attends a boarding school but does not live there.
  • The school admitted both day-boys and day-girls. (The school accepted non-resident students of both sexes.)
• Day-pupil (n): a gender-neutral term for a student who does not board at a school.
  • The day-pupils often formed their own social groups separate from the boarders. (Non-resident students of any gender.)

Synonyms

• Non-resident student: a student who does not live at the school.
• Commuter student: a student who travels from home to school daily (more common in university contexts).

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