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Meaning of "schooligan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCHOOLIGAN

From school + (hool)igan.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOOLIGAN

schooligan play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOOLIGAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Schooligan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCHOOLIGAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of schooligan in the English dictionary

The definition of schooligan in the dictionary is a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOOLIGAN

schoolery
schoolfellow
schoolgirl
schoolgirl complexion
schoolgirl crush
schoolgirlish
schoolgoing
schoolhouse
schoolie
Schoolies Week
schooling
schoolmaid
schoolman
schoolmarm
schoolmarmish
schoolmaster
schoolmastering
schoolmasterish
schoolmasterly
schoolmastership

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCHOOLIGAN

ballet-wrap cardigan
berrigan
brannigan
cardigan
football hooligan
hooligan
Iligan
Lake Michigan
larrigan
ligan
michigan
Milligan
mulligan
origan
ptarmigan
Rattigan
shenanigan
wanigan
Wigan
zigan

Synonyms and antonyms of schooligan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «schooligan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCHOOLIGAN

Find out the translation of schooligan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of schooligan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «schooligan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

schooligan
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

schooligan
570 millions of speakers

English

schooligan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

schooligan
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

schooligan
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

schooligan
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

schooligan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

schooligan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

schooligan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Schooligan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schooligan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

schooligan
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

schooligan
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekolah
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

schooligan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

schooligan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शाळेचे शिक्षण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

schooligan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

schooligan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

schooligan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

schooligan
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

schooligan
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

schooligan
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

schooligan
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

schooligan
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Schooligans
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of schooligan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOLIGAN»

The term «schooligan» is used very little and occupies the 182.641 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about schooligan

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8 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOOLIGAN»

Discover the use of schooligan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to schooligan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fergie's Protégés
ambassador, which he began in 2001 and his schooligan campaign to encourage Norwegians to raise money to build schools for his Africa project. In this connection, schoolchildren from all over Norway now take part in an annual sponsored ...
James Mackie, 2010
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies
But Murray was not limited by 'public-schooligan classics.' He was led to translate Sallustius in his Four Stages of Greek Religion (1912; Five Stages in 1925). In all periods he showed his perception of what his successor at Oxford has called ...
‎1957
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Call back yesterday, 1887-1931
The qualities, and defects, of the British Public Schooligan have often been debated. Training in leadership, power of decision, responsibility in running the affairs of a small but vital community, indirect rule by senior boys rather than direct rule ...
Hugh Dalton Baron Dalton, 1953
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Call Back Yesterday: Memoirs 1887-
The qualities, and defects, of the British Public Schooligan have often been debated. Training in leadership, power of decision, responsibility in running the affairs of a small but vital community, indirect rule by senior boys rather than direct rule ...
Hugh Dalton Baron Dalton, 1953
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Memoirs: Call back yesterday, 1887-1931
The qualities, and defects, of the British Public Schooligan have often been debated. Training in leadership, power of decision, responsibility in running the affairs of a small but vital community, indirect rule by senior boys rather than direct rule ...
Baron Hugh Dalton Dalton, 1953
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Roy Jenkins' Gallery of 20th Century Portraits: And Oxford ...
I remember once being rather shocked when he dismissed Herbert Morrison as ' a board-schooligan. ' Dalton came from a somewhat indeterminate semi-courtier social delta. Having deliberately cast off from that soggy shore he never found ...
Roy Jenkins, 1988
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The Chancellors
He once rather shocked me by dismissing Herbert Morrison as 'a board schooligan'. Dalton's own background was ecclesiastical semi-courtier. His paternal grandfather, like his father, had been a clergyman. His mother was the daughter of a ...
Roy Jenkins, 1998
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It's So Easy: and other lies
In his New York Times bestseller, Duff McKagan, founding member of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, shares the story of his rise to fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, and his ...
Duff McKagan, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOOLIGAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term schooligan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Special Report: The man who cost Greece billions
To me, this was absolute," he said in a 2008 interview with student paper Schooligans. "I was wrong. Now I know it's not absolute. It may happen, but it may not.". «The Star Online, Jul 15»
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Apocalypse Always: The many deaths of the League of Ireland
From the satellite bombardment of the early nineties, through the Dublin Dons fiasco and the (now rather laughable) moral panic over “schooligans”, the league ... «Extratime.ie, May 15»
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Yunanistan seçim sonuçları belli oldu
Bu sorunun yanıtı gençsiyasetçinin Syriza ittifakı ortaya çıkmadan önce liderlik ettiği Synaspismos döneminde, 2008'de gençlik dergisi Schooligans'a verdiği ... «Haber 3, Jan 15»
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Όταν οι Schooligans έδεναν τον Τσίπρα και έλεγε ότι θαυμάζει Δήμα …
Μια ανοιξιάτικη μέρα του 2008 ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας, πρώην καταληψίας και νυν πρόεδρος του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ, δέχτηκε τους Schooligans για μια συνέντευξη στο γραφείο ... «Koolnews.gr, Dec 14»
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Όταν ο Τσίπρας δήλωνε ανοιχτά ότι εκτιμά τον Δήμα!
Κάτι που φαίνεται να έχει βάση, αφού ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας σε συνέντευξη που παραχώρησε στο επίσημο site των schooligans το 2008, όντας τότε πρόεδρος του ... «Newsit, Dec 14»
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Μεγάλη μπουκιά φάε, μεγάλη κουβέντα μη πεις
Στις 23 Απριλίου 2008, ο Τσίπρας έδωσε στο περιοδικό schooligans μια συνέντευξη, που είχε ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον για δύο λόγους. Πρώτον, γιατί δεν ήταν γραπτή ... «Protagon, Nov 14»
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The word is, Cleggmania has sunk
If readers were suspicious that words such as “cellfish” (using a mobile telephone in an inconsiderate manner) or “schooligan” (a hooligan of school age) would ... «The Times, Oct 14»
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How to make crabcakes: Break them into components
Regular Prep Schooligans will know I'm of the opinion that there's no accounting for taste. They're your crabcakes. Flavor them as you like. In a moment, we'll ... «Chicago Tribune, May 14»
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«Τι παιδί ήταν ο μαθητής μου, Δημήτρης Μπουρζούκος»
Καθηγητής μέσης εκπαίδευσης που εδώ και 23 χρόνια είναι υπεύθυνος του περιοδικού "Schooligans" και του μαθητικού φεστιβάλ "Schoolwave". Η επιστολή του ... «Πρώτο ΘΕΜΑ, Feb 13»
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Ο αυτόπτης μάρτυρας της δολοφονίας Γρηγορόπουλου, ο …
Σοκαρισμένος εμφανίζεται και ο Χρ. Ιωαννίδης, υπεύθυνος του προγράμματος Schooligans, ο οποίος υπήρξε καθηγητής του 24χρονου. "Ήταν ευαίσθητος, ήταν ... «News247.gr, Feb 13»

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