LATCHKEY CHILD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does latchkey child mean? 

• LATCHKEY CHILD (noun)
  The noun LATCHKEY CHILD has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: LATCHKEY CHILD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATCHKEY CHILD (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)

Classified under:

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))