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student - 5 dictionary results

stu⋅dent

[stood-nt, styood-]
–noun
1. a person formally engaged in learning, esp. one enrolled in a school or college; pupil: a student at Yale.
2. any person who studies, investigates, or examines thoughtfully: a student of human nature.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L student- (s. of studēns), prp. of studēre to take pains; see -ent; r. ME studiant, aph. var. of estudiant < OF, n. use of prp. of estudier to study


stu⋅dent⋅less, adjective
stu⋅dent⋅like, adjective


1, 2. See pupil 1 .


See new.
stu·dent   (stōōd'nt, styōōd'-)   
n.  
  1. One who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university.
    1. One who studies something: a student of contemporary dance.
    2. An attentive observer: a student of world affairs.

[Middle English, alteration (influenced by Latin studēre, to study) of studient, studiant, from Old French estudiant, one who studies, from present participle of estudier, to study, from Medieval Latin studiāre, from Latin studium, study; see study.]

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.
Language Translation for : student
Spanish: estudiante,
German: der, *die Studierende,
Japanese: 学生

student 
1398, from O.Fr. estudient "one who is studying," from M.L. studiare "to study," from L. studium (see study). Student-teacher is attested from 1907.

STUDENT
D.G. Bobrow 1964. Early query system. Sammet 1969, p.664.

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