students

[stood-nt, styood-]

stu·dent

[stood-nt, styood-]
noun
1.
a person formally engaged in learning, especially 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; Middle English < Latin student- (stem of studēns), present participle of studēre to take pains; see -ent; replacing Middle English studiant, aphetic variant of estudiant < Old French, noun use of present participle of estudier to study

stu·dent·less, adjective
stu·dent·like, adjective
an·ti·stu·dent, noun, adjective
non·stu·dent, noun


1, 2. See pupil1.


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