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daygirl

daygirl

9.8
A girl who goes to a boarding school but returns home each evening
  • noun
  • Indian
: alumna externa
  • Unlike the full boarders, the daygirl was able to spend evenings with her family.

Examples

  • The school provided separate common rooms for boarders and daygirls.

  • Many daygirls prefer to stay close to home.

  • As a daygirl, she traveled to and from school every morning and evening.

  • The new daygirl joined our class this week.

  • As a daygirl, she traveled to and from school every morning and evening.

  • The school provided separate facilities for daygirls and boarders.

  • Unlike full boarders, a daygirl returns home each evening after classes.

Synonyms

day boarder
vsdaygirl
  • UK
1 6.8

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

is the female specific term for the same school arrangement

Surface Forms

daygirl singular
daygirls plural

Morphology

daygirl = day + girl (transparent) = day + girl

The meaning 'a girl who is a day (not boarding) student' follows directly from 'day' + 'girl' and is readily inferable.

Etymology

The word daygirl is a simple combination of day ('during the day') and girl, so it literally names a girl who goes to school by day. A daygirl returns home each evening instead of sleeping at the school, so the word means a pupil who does not live at the school.