student

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.

   She is a student of human interactions.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.

   The students were out raising funds for rag week.

3. 3
   noun

   a learned person (especially in the humanities)

4. 4
   noun

   a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

5. 5
   adj

   Clipping of Student's.

Etymology

From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”). Equivalent to study + -ent.