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.

2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.

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.

2. One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.

• A person who studies a particular academic subject.
       A student of philosophy.
  
• (figurative) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
       He is a student of life.
  
• A person enrolled at a university.
       The students were out raising funds for rag week.
  
• (especially US) A schoolchild.
  
  Swedish
• student; someone who studies an academic subject
  
• Person enrolled at a university
  
• (before 1968) person with an examina from a gymnasium (upper secondary school)
  
• (colloquial) person who have finished studies at a gymnasium
  

German
• student (male or of unspecified sex)