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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  STUDENT 
 
  D.G.  Bobrow  1964.  Early  query  system.  Sammet  1969,  p.664. 
 
 




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