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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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Kayleigh Atkins is a mature student at the University of Sunderland in her final year studying criminology.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2023

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

From BBC Mar. 24, 2023

Ms Lajoie was an experienced music industry executive before she began a degree in human, social and political sciences as a mature student at Cambridge's Hughes Hall in 2021.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2023

Dr Axten, of Wells, Somerset, said he loved his time as a mature student at the University of Bristol between 2016 and 2022.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2023

In the same sense the more mature student will receive most important benefit, when he shuts his book, and goes forth in the field, and ruminates on what he has read.

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by William Godwin

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