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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

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

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Colin Webb, who was then a 25-year-old mature student at the UEA, carried out the interview and was happy it was now available to view again after nearly half a century.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2022

Embryology precedes the treatise on the perfect animal; it is but right, therefore, that the new man should have our attention before the mature student.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841 by Various

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