Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Student

Student , noun

[Latin studens, -entis, present participle 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. — Shakespeare
2.
One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature.