student

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

STUDENT, noun [Latin See Study.] 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 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. 3. One who studies or examines; as a student of natures works.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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