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mature student

British  

noun

  1. a student at a college or university who has passed the usual age for formal education

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Calocane was a mature student at the University of Nottingham when he became mentally unwell, and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in July 2020.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Yusuf, a mature student eight years in recovery, is the peer manager.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023

"I think it's a travesty to be honest," part-time mature student Tracey O'Shea said.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022

“I’m a mature student in a hurry,” she told him.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Every mature student has found that, under great pressure, he can commit to memory the substance of thought, and even the words, for an astonishing amount of matter.

From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by McMurry, Frank M. (Frank Morton)

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