exchange student

American

noun

a secondary-school or college student who studies for a period, usually one year, at a foreign institution as part of a reciprocal program between two institutions or countries.

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Two months before Mabel's murder, Hardman had begged a German exchange student to bite his neck in the belief she was a vampire and could transform him.

From BBC

"You don't normally get an exchange student player who is such a high calibre athlete," he recalled.

From BBC

Patrizia Szewernoha, an exchange student from Germany studying media and communications, said she chose to represent the United Kingdom because she wanted to learn more about the UK's policies.

From BBC

The first was 7-0 Belgium exchange student Gilles Dierickx when he was coaching at Chaminade in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times

The book begins with a personal anecdote: as an 18-year-old from a small town in eastern France, Mireille spent a year as an exchange student in Weston, Massachusetts, where she discovered American food — and gained 20 pounds in the process.

From Salon

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