Stū'dent, n.
n. [Lat. studens, p. pr. of studere, to study; It. studente, Sp. estudiante, Fr. étudiant.]
Sense 1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning, either in a seminary or in private; a scholar; as, the students of an academy, of a college or university; a medical student; a law student.
Sense 2. A man devoted to books; a bookish man; as, a hard student; a close student.
Keep a gamester from dice, and a good student from his books. Shak.
Sense 3. One who studies or examines; as, a student of nature’s works.