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collegian

noun

Definition of collegiannext
as in undergraduate

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Recent Examples of collegian Red didn’t miss a game as a collegian, breaking the FBS career forced fumble record (17) in just 34 appearances, a record that had once been held by another Buffalo Bulls player with NFL bona fides — Khalil Mack. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2026 This caused a bit of a scramble for USA Hockey to fill a roster using collegians and minor leaguers playing in Europe and elsewhere. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026 Pierce, though, is the leader due to his experience as a sixth-year collegian. — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025 In addition to his skills and physical attributes, Washe was praised widely for his leadership and exemplary conduct as a collegian. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for collegian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collegian
  1. undergraduate
  2. student
  3. postgraduate
  4. scholar
  5. reader
  6. pupil
Noun
  • Basically every college tour on an American campus will include a schtick about how undergraduates can participate in faculty research.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In a bid to pack the Rose Bowl and Pauley Pavilion, tickets to all UCLA home football and men’s and women’s basketball games will be free for undergraduate, graduate and extension students going forward, UCLA athletics announced Wednesday.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of undergraduate
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  • Around the halfway point of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Petya Trofimov — eternal grad student, moral purist, and former tutor to the once wealthy family whose diminution sits at the heart of the play — makes a speech.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Contour Circuits, founded by Secor and former graduate student Jeremy Rurup, received a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer contract to advance the technology.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of student
Noun
  • The partnership dates to 2023, when Chanel and The King’s Foundation developed a Métiers d’Art education partnership with Le19M for postgraduate students.
    — Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The school, located about 20 minutes from downtown Philadelphia, sits on a 110-acre campus and enrolls approximately 3,100 undergraduates and 2,700 postgraduate students, per the school’s official website.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of postgraduate
Noun
  • Activist networks and legal scholars are rehearsing doomsday scenarios, planning mass protests and advising judges on ballot seizures and ICE deployments, underscoring fears that the midterms could stress-test American democracy.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Rediscovered in 1987, the painting was initially associated with Caravaggio himself before scholars settled on Cavarozzi.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of scholar
Noun
  • Thinking about misreadings and good faith readings from adult vs young readers, are children the more ideal audience?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • For readers who split rooms, build the intimacy back in on purpose.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of reader
Noun
  • Widowed and nearing 60, Tony enjoys a quiet but contented routine, suddenly injected with anxiety when, during the school day, one of his young pupils innocently notes that his right hand looks frozen.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Antonio White, the union’s president, noted that Florida ranked 47th in the country in state per-pupil spending on education.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pupil

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“Collegian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collegian. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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