n.
- a person studying at a university or other place of higher education.
▸a school pupil.
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[
as modifier]
denoting someone who is studying to enter a particular profession:
a student nurse.
- a person who takes a particular interest in a subject:
a student of the free market.
Derivative
- studentship n. (Brit.).
- studenty adj. (Brit. informal).
Etymology
ME: from L. student-, studere ‘apply oneself to’, rel. to studium ‘painstaking application’.