dayboy

1 9.9

A boy who goes to a boarding school during the day and returns home at night

noun
/ˈdeɪˌbɔɪ/

: alumno externo

Unlike the boarders, dayboys return home after classes.

Examples

The school offers scholarships for both boarders and dayboys.
Many dayboys enjoy the freedom of going home every evening.
Most of the dayboys leave school grounds by five o'clock each day.
He is a dayboy at the prestigious boarding school.
Unlike the boarders, dayboys return to their families after school each day.
Most dayboys prefer to participate in after-school activities before heading home.
At the end of the school day, the dayboys quickly pack their bags and leave.

Synonyms

day boarder

vsdayboy

1 6.8

A student who eats at school during the day but goes home to sleep

refers specifically to a male pupil rather than to any gender

Antonyms

boarder

3 3.7

A student who lives and sleeps at school during the term

Surface Forms

dayboy singular

dayboys plural

Morphology

dayboy = day + boy (transparent) = day + boy

The meaning is directly compositional: 'day' + 'boy' denotes a boy who attends (school) by day rather than boarding overnight.

Etymology

The word dayboy is simply made from day ('the time when it is light') and boy ('a young male'). It names a student who goes to a boarding school only during the day and goes home at night, which explains why it is different from a boarder who lives at school.