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学生 — meaning in English

xué sheng

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English meaning

  • academician noun A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
  • alumna noun A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
  • confessor noun A priest who hears people's confessions and grants absolution.
  • dropout noun A person who leaves school or a course before finishing it.
  • educatee noun Someone who is being educated.
  • follower noun A person who supports, admires, or adheres to the ideas of another person, movement, or belief.
  • lemming noun A small rodent found in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, known for periodic dramatic population swings.
  • partisan noun A strong, often unquestioning supporter of a party, cause, or leader.
  • proponent noun One who supports something; an advocate.
  • scholar noun A person with deep expert knowledge in a particular academic subject.
  • schoolchild noun A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
  • student noun A person who is enrolled in and attends a school, college, or university.
  • supporter noun A person who gives support to someone or something.

Senses

学生 is used for these senses in English:

  • academician (now, chiefly, US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]
  • alumna A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
  • confessor One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.
  • dropout Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
  • educatee Someone who is being educated.
  • follower One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
  • lemming (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.
  • partisan A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.

academician — full definition

  1. noun A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
  2. noun A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.

alumna — full definition

  1. noun A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
  2. noun A female graduate.

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