Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
student
n 1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
[syn: {pupil}, {educatee}]
2: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who
by long study has gained mastery in one or more
disciplines [syn: {scholar}, {scholarly person}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
STUDENT
D.G. Bobrow 1964. Early query system. Sammet 1969, p.664.