homecoming

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Noun

1. 1
   The act or event of returning home.
2. 2
   In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen.
3. 3
   In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen: Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.