Definitions for student
ˈstud nt, ˈstyud-stu·dent

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. student, pupil, educatee(noun)

   a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

2. scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student(noun)

   a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Wiktionary(4.33 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. student(Noun)

   A person who studies a particular academic subject

   A student of philosophy.

2. student(Noun)

   A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not

   He is a student of life.

3. student(Noun)

   A person enrolled at a university

   The students were out raising funds for rag week.

4. student(Noun)

   A schoolchild

Origin: From studens, present participle of studere

Webster Dictionary(3.14 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Student(noun)

   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

2. Student(noun)

   one who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature

Origin: [L. studens, -entis, p. pr. of studere to study. See Study, n.]

Freebase(3.28 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Student

   A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English, although in the United States a person enrolled in grades K–12 is often called a student. In its widest use, student is used for anyone who is learning, including mid-career adults who are taking vocational education or returning to university.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Student

   stū′dent, n. one who studies, a scholar at a higher school, college, or university: one devoted to the study of any subject: a man devoted to books.—ns. Stū′dentry, students collectively; Stū′dentship, an endowment for a student in a college.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'student' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1333

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'student' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2399

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'student' in Nouns Frequency: #148

Anagrams for student »

1. stunted

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of student in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of student in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of student in a Sentence

1. Andre Rozier:

   This time as a teacher instead of student.

2. H. L. Mencken:

   Judge: a law student who marks his own papers.

3. Matshona Dhliwayo:

   A wise man is a student though he is a teacher.

4. H.L. Mencken:

   JUDGE, n A law student who marks his own papers.

5. Matshona Dhliwayo:

   A student of wisdom becomes a professor of life.

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