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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] pupille minor ward, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] pupillus [[male]] ward (from diminutive of pupus boy) & pupilla [[female]] ward, from diminutive of pupa girl, doll
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1536]
==Definitions==
*1 : a [[child]] or [[young person]] in school or in the charge of a tutor or [[Teacher|instructor]] : student
*2 : one who has been taught or [[influenced]] by a famous or distinguished [[person]]
==Description==
The [[word]] [[student]] is etymologically derived through [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] from the [[Latin]] second-type conjugation verb studēre, meaning "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student could be described as "one who directs zeal at a subject". In its widest use, student is used for anyone who is [[learning]].
*Idiomatic use
"Freshman" and "sophomore" are sometimes used figuratively, almost exclusively in the United States, to refer to a first or second effort ("the singer's sophomore album"), or to a [[politician]]'s first or second term in office ("freshman senator") or an [[athlete]]'s first or second year on a [[professional]] sports team. "Junior" and "senior" are not used in this figurative way to refer to third and fourth years or efforts, because of those [[words]]' broader [[meanings]] of "younger" and "older." A junior senator is therefore not one who is in a third term of office, but merely one who has not been in the Senate as long as the other senator from their [[state]]. Confusingly, this means that it is [[possible]] to be both a "freshman Senator" and a "senior Senator" [[simultaneously]]: for example, if a Senator wins election in 2008, and then the other Senator from the same state steps down and a new Senator elected in 2010, the former Senator is both senior Senator (as they have been in the Senate for two years more) and a freshman Senator (since they are still in their first term).
[[Category: Education]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] pupille minor ward, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] pupillus [[male]] ward (from diminutive of pupus boy) & pupilla [[female]] ward, from diminutive of pupa girl, doll
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1536]
==Definitions==
*1 : a [[child]] or [[young person]] in school or in the charge of a tutor or [[Teacher|instructor]] : student
*2 : one who has been taught or [[influenced]] by a famous or distinguished [[person]]
==Description==
The [[word]] [[student]] is etymologically derived through [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] from the [[Latin]] second-type conjugation verb studēre, meaning "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student could be described as "one who directs zeal at a subject". In its widest use, student is used for anyone who is [[learning]].
*Idiomatic use
"Freshman" and "sophomore" are sometimes used figuratively, almost exclusively in the United States, to refer to a first or second effort ("the singer's sophomore album"), or to a [[politician]]'s first or second term in office ("freshman senator") or an [[athlete]]'s first or second year on a [[professional]] sports team. "Junior" and "senior" are not used in this figurative way to refer to third and fourth years or efforts, because of those [[words]]' broader [[meanings]] of "younger" and "older." A junior senator is therefore not one who is in a third term of office, but merely one who has not been in the Senate as long as the other senator from their [[state]]. Confusingly, this means that it is [[possible]] to be both a "freshman Senator" and a "senior Senator" [[simultaneously]]: for example, if a Senator wins election in 2008, and then the other Senator from the same state steps down and a new Senator elected in 2010, the former Senator is both senior Senator (as they have been in the Senate for two years more) and a freshman Senator (since they are still in their first term).
[[Category: Education]]
