級きゅう長ちょう

noun

class representative; head of class

Dated term for a student elected or appointed to represent a class; modern schools more commonly use 学級委員 or クラス委員.

See also: 学級委員

• 昔むかしの学がっ校こうでは、級きゅう長ちょうがクラスのまとめ役やくだった。

  In old schools, the class representative was the one who kept the class together.