often attributive
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a group of college students
She is a student at Georgetown University.
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Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
In a symbolic gesture reflecting its name, the final beam to be hoisted into the under-construction Legacy Middle School building in Elgin was signed Wednesday by some of the students who will be going there next year.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The volunteers included a divinity student on spring break and a woman with a long gray braid who told me that some of the defendants had helped out at her community garden.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
Bianca Rodriguez, 21, a graduate student studying higher education administration , said the new bridge brings mixed emotions.
—Johane Saintil, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Student.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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student
noun
stu·dent
ˈst(y)üd-ᵊnt 
chiefly Southern -ənt
1
: scholar sense 1
especially
: one who attends a school or college
2
: one who studies
a student of life
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