schoolperson

English

Etymology

From school +‎ -person.

Noun

schoolperson (plural schoolpersons or schoolpeople)

1. (nonstandard, rare, sometimes humorous) A schoolchild, pupil, or student of any gender.
   • 1978, Dick Amann, Dick Smith, Forgotten Women of Computer History:

     But, schoolpersons everywhere are learning this story, and questioning it. "How," little school people ask, "could Ben Franklin have flown a kite in a lightning storm, with a key at the end of the kite's string, and not get killed?"