sixth-former en · NOUN
Etymology
From sixth form + -er.
Meanings
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(Australia, UK) A pupil in the sixth form.
[T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sixth-formers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |