LATCHKEY CHILD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work)

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("latchkey child" is a kind of...):

pupil; school-age child; schoolchild (a young person attending school (up through senior high school))

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