student

UK: /ˈstuːd^ənt/

US: /ˈstudənt, ˈstjud-/

US: (sto̅o̅d′nt, styo̅o̅d′-)

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stu•dent /ˈstudənt, ˈstyud-/   n. [countable]

1. Education one who is formally engaged in studying, learning, or training at a school.
2. one who studies or examines an art, science, etc., thoughtfully:
   I've long been a student of Chinese pottery.

See -stud-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

stu•dent  (sto̅o̅d′nt, styo̅o̅d′-), n. 

1. Education a person formally engaged in learning, esp. one enrolled in a school or college;
   pupil:
   a student at Yale.
2. any person who studies, investigates, or examines thoughtfully:
   a student of human nature.

• Old French, noun, nominal use of present participle of estudier to study
• Latin student- (stem of studēns), present participle of studēre to take pains; see -ent; replacing Middle English studiant, aphetic variant of estudiant
• Middle English 1350–1400

stu′dent•less, adj. 
stu′dent•like′, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1, 2. See pupil ¹.

Pronunciation

See new. 

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student / ˈstjuːd^ənt/ noun

1. a person following a course of study, as in a school, college, university, etc
2. (as modifier): student teacher
3. a person who makes a thorough study of a subject

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin studēns diligent, from studēre to be zealous; see study