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junior high schooler en · NOUN

Etymology

From junior high school + -er.

Meanings

1. (US) A student at a school that includes grades 6, 7 and 8; a preadolescent.
   • Some San Diego County junior high schoolers, particularly girls, had little sympathy for the former basketball great. 1991 November 9, Jonathan Gaw, Marc Lacey, Hugo Martin, “Pupils Cry a Bit, Learn Life Lessons”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2025:
   • Act your age. I'm perfectly willing to walk a junior high schooler through the differences between reporters, columnists and editors. But I'm likely to show my impatience with a college student who doesn't know the difference between fact and opinion. 1991 November 17, William Raspberry, “WHEN STUDENTS ASK FOR HELP”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2025:
   • Overall, the story of junior high schoolers and middle schoolers in America offers up a perfect illustration of what social scientists call a “self-fulfilling prophecy effect”: Adults regarded the youngest teens and tweens with distrust and distaste, and the kids gave them their worst. 2020 May 2, Judith Warner, “The War Between Middle Schoolers and Their Parents Ends Now”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 May 2020:

Forms

Relateds

high schooler

Synonyms

junior higher