Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STU'DENT, n. [L. studens, studeo. 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. – Shak.
3. One who studies or examines; as, a student of nature's works.