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Traditional English :: student
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student.html - n. 1 a person who is studying, esp. at university or another place of higher education. 2 (attrib.) studying in order to become (a student nurse). 3 a person of studious habits. 4 Brit. a graduate recipient of a stipend from the foundation of a college, esp. a fellow of Christ Church, Oxford. studentship n. [ME f. L studere f. studium STUDY] |
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Traditional English :: student
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student.html - n. 1 a person who is studying, esp. at university or another place of higher education. 2 (attrib.) studying in order to become (a student nurse). 3 a person of studious habits. 4 Brit. a graduate recipient of a stipend from the foundation of a college, esp. a fellow of Christ Church, Oxford. studentship n. [ME f. L studere f. studium STUDY] |
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English Idioms :: study
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student.html - See: BROWN STUDY. |
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Traditional English :: stud(1)
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student.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a large-headed nail, boss, or knob, projecting from a surface esp. for ornament. 2 a double button esp. for use with two buttonholes in a shirt-front. 3 a small object projecting slightly from a road-surface as a marker etc. 4 a rivet or crosspiece in each link of a chain-cable. 5 a a post to which laths are nailed. b US the height of a room as indicated by the length of this. --v.tr. (studded, studding) 1 set with or as with studs. 2 (as studded adj.) (foll. by with) thickly set or strewn (studded with diamonds). 3 be scattered over or about (a surface). [OE studu, stuthu post, prop, rel. to G stâtzen to prop] |
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Traditional English :: stud(2)
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student.html - n. 1 a a number of horses kept for breeding etc. b a place where these are kept. 2 (in full stud-horse) a stallion. 3 colloq. a young man (esp. one noted for sexual prowess). 4 (in full stud poker) a form of poker with betting after the dealing of successive rounds of cards face up. at stud (of a male horse) publicly available for breeding on payment of a fee. stud-book a book containing the pedigrees of horses. stud-farm a place where horses are bred. [OE stod f. Gmc: rel. to STAND] |
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Traditional English :: studding
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student.html - n. the woodwork of a lath-and-plaster wall. |
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