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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STUDENT, n. [L. See Study.]
1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning, either in a seminary or in private; a scholar; as the students of an academy, of a college or university; a medical student; a law student.
2. A man devoted to books; a bookish man; as a hard student; a close student.
Keep a gamester from dice, and a good student from his books.
3. One who studies or examines; as a student of natures works.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution [syn: student, pupil, educatee]
2: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student]

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Latin student-, studens, from present participle of stud?re to study — more at study Date: 14th century 1. scholar, learner; especially one who attends a school 2. one who studies ; an attentive and systematic observer <a student of politics>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a person who is studying, esp. at university or another place of higher education. 2 (attrib.) studying in order to become (a student nurse). 3 a person of studious habits. 4 Brit. a graduate recipient of a stipend from the foundation of a college, esp. a fellow of Christ Church, Oxford. Derivatives: studentship n. Etymology: ME f. L studere f. studium STUDY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Student Stu"dent, n. [L. studens, -entis, p. pr. of studere to study. See Study, n.] 1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student. Keep a gamester from the dice, and a good student from his book. --Shak. 2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(students) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A student is a person who is studying at a university or college. Warren's eldest son is an art student, at St Martin's. ...a 23-year-old medical student. N-COUNT see also mature student 2. A student is a child who is studying at a secondary school. = pupil N-COUNT 3. Someone who is a student of a particular subject is interested in the subject and spends time learning about it. ...a passionate student of nineteenth century history. N-COUNT: N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Scholar, pupil, learner. 2. Scholar, bookish man. 3. Close examiner, observer.

Moby Thesaurus

academician, admirer, apprentice, bookman, classicist, clerk, colossus of knowledge, commentator, critic, devotee, disciple, evaluator, follower, genius, giant of learning, grind, humanist, learned clerk, learned man, learner, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, man of learning, man of letters, mastermind, mine of information, observer, philologist, philologue, philomath, philosophe, philosopher, polyhistor, polymath, pundit, pupil, savant, scholar, scholastic, schoolboy, schoolgirl, schoolman, swat, swot, swotter, trainee, undergraduate, walking encyclopedia