Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixth-former

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: six-th--former
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pupil in the sixth form.

Australian usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"[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."

Etymology

From sixth form + -er.

Usage

Australian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

sixth-formers (plural)

Questions

What does sixth-former mean?: A pupil in the sixth form.
Where does sixth-former come from?: From sixth form + -er.

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