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collegian

collegian

2 5.5
A person who is or was a student at a college
  • noun
  • /kəˈliːdʒən/
translation icon : estudiante universitario
  • The collegians raised funds, gave speeches, picketed, and observed arrests in an effort to protect the strikers from police brutality.

Examples

  • Be sure to pick up next Friday's issue of The Collegian for featured comments.

    Blog text (2)
  • Pictures and a large thank-you card signed by all the band students were presented to the collegians.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Views expressed in the comments section are not representative of The Collegian unless so specified.

    Blog text (2)
  • Classes were almost done for the year when the Collegian's office received a call from the office of the State College president.

    Blog text (12)
  • The Kansas State Collegian is the daily newspaper at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.

    Blog text (31)
  • Many minority students who are first-generation collegians fail to get enough emotional or financial support from home.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Newton and Seale were fellow collegians at Merritt Junior College in Oakland, California, and had been acquainted since 1962.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Arriving at the school, the group of collegians was greeted with a warm welcome by Jeremy Olson, the superintendent of the Underwood School District and a highly valued community member.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Many minority students who are first-generation collegians fail to get enough emotional or financial support from home.

  • On February 1, 1960, four African-American collegians sat at the lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Synonyms

student
vscollegian
1.0

A person who studies at a school or university

refers specifically to people of higher education or former attendees, not all learners
college student
vscollegian
140 1.0

A person studying at a college or university to get a first degree

covers both current enrollees and former attendees of higher education
undergraduate
vscollegian
93 3.2

A student at a university who has not yet earned a first degree

also includes people who already finished their studies at those institutions
university student
vscollegian
12 1.0

A person who studies at a university to get a degree

may also refer to former attendees, not only current enrollees at such institutions

Surface Forms

collegian singular
collegians plural

Morphology

collegian = college (transparent) = college + ian

Formed by the productive suffix '-ian' meaning 'person associated with', so the meaning is directly and predictably derived from 'college'.

Etymology

Collegian comes from college, which in turn comes from the Latin collegium meaning 'a group joined together'. It is the same root as colleague, so a collegian is someone who belongs to that college group and is a student or former student.