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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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Adam Dunas, a mature student at Durham University, started his university course in 2023, after working in IT and pursuing professional gaming.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

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

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023

Luke Trainor, the programme manager, was a mature student at the university when Better Than Well began.

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

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 Godwin, William

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