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art student

art student

12 1.3
A person who studies art at a school, college, or university
  • noun
  • /ɑrt ˈstudənt/
translation icon : estudiante de arte
  • Furthermore, art students, as predicted, were more tolerant of ambiguity than business students.
  • liberal arts students
  • college art students
  • community college art students

And lastly, the art student of these days is a pioneer.

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Examples

  • Analysis of the demographic data revealed two distinct groups of community college art students.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Lisa, believe it or not, is an art student at a local university.

  • I was an art student.

  • I was an art student once.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Lisa, believe it or not, is an art student.

  • In the fall, 13 high school art students took their turn at completing the project.

    Academic text (1997)
  • "I have this art student from Yale, a total stranger, coming for dinner."

    Fiction book (2000)
  • At school, she garnered respect from fellow art students and professors because of creations that promised a new way of seeing.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Jean Y. Kim, a 21-year-old studio art student at NYU, uses a Gameboy to produce some "mind-blowing" visuals.

    Blog text (20)
  • In the fall, 13 high school art students took their turn at completing the project.

How Experienced

art student
12 1.3
beginner
81 1.0

Surface Forms

art student singular
art students plural

Morphology

art + student

The meaning 'a person who studies art' is directly and compositionally derived from 'art' (the subject) + 'student' (a learner), following a common noun-noun modifier pattern in English. This construction is cross-linguistically common and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Art student paints a simple picture: imagine someone with a sketchbook and brushes in a studio learning art as a student. So, art student means 'a person learning to be an artist'.