studentship

[ stood-nt-ship, styood- ]

noun
  1. the state or condition of being a student.

  2. Chiefly British. a financial grant from a college or university for advanced academic study; scholarship or fellowship.

Origin of studentship

1
First recorded in 1775–85; student + -ship

Words Nearby studentship

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How to use studentship in a sentence

  • I have been determined in my choice of the studentship by the idea of what would be a sort of prolongation of his life.

  • As a schoolboy, as we have just noted, he aspired to the glory of studentship; having won to that he seems to have rested content.

    Richard Wagner | John F. Runciman
  • In the second year of this first studentship, in spite of my quiet life, I found myself in an awkward position.

  • There is also a studentship of 75 and another of 80 a year, tenable for one year or more.

    Cambridge | Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
  • How is it that Locke, holding a clerical studentship, was not a clergyman?

    Locke | Thomas Fowler

British Dictionary definitions for studentship

studentship

/ (ˈstjuːdəntʃɪp) /


noun
  1. the role or position of a student

  2. another word for scholarship (def. 3)

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