exchange student

exchange student
noun
: a student usually from a foreign country received free into an institution in exchange for one sent to that country on the same terms

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a secondary-school or college student who studies for a period, usually one year, at a foreign institution as part of a reciprocal program between two institutions or countries.

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exchange student or exchange teacher noun
A student or teacher spending some time at a school, college or university in a foreign country while one from that country attends his or her school, etc, or a school, etc in his or her country
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Main Entry: ↑exchange

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exchange student,
a student participating in a program of trading students between countries or institutions.

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noun, pl ⋯ -dents [count]
: a student from one country who attends a school in another country

I went to Germany as an exchange student.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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