day-girl

A day-girl walks to school with her backpack.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A female day student: "day-girl" refers to a female student who attends a school during the day but does not reside at the school (i.e., she is not a boarder). She lives at home or elsewhere and returns to school only for classes and activities.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The school has both boarders and day-girls, and the day-girls leave campus at 4 PM. (Female students who do not live at the school.)
  • As a day-girl, she enjoyed the freedom of going home each evening. (A female student who commutes to school daily.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be a day-girl": to be enrolled as a non-residential female student.
  • She chose to be a day-girl rather than a boarder to stay with her family. (She opted for day attendance instead of living at the school.)

Variants and Related Words

• Day-boy (n): a male student who attends school during the day but does not board.
  • The day-boys and day-girls met at the bus stop each morning. (Male non-residential students.)
• Day-student (n): a student of any gender who does not live at the school.
  • The school has a mix of boarders and day-students. (Non-residential students generally.)

Synonyms

• Day-pupil: a student who attends school during the day but does not reside there (often used in British English).
• Non-resident student: a student who does not live at the school.

Related Idioms

• "to be a day student": to attend school but not live on campus.
  • She was a day student for her entire high school career. (She never boarded at the school.)