A student who attends or has attended a college or university.
From Latin collegium + -an (person suffix). Originally referred to a member of a collegiate body; the meaning narrowed to specifically mean college students by the 18th century in English.
The word 'collegian' is becoming old-fashioned—modern students just say 'college student'—but it still appears in university mottos and song lyrics, giving institutions a formal, classical feel that plain language doesn't have.
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