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studier|ˈstʌdɪə(r)| Also 4–5 studyer, 5 -yare, stodiar, -yar, -ier(e, -yer. [f. study v.1 + -er1. Cf. OF. estudieor, -eur.] †1. A person who is addicted to or engaged in study; a student. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 380 A lytille soler, a bedde, a borde, a chaire, and a kandilstek, þe whiche ben acordynge to a studier or a contemplatyfe man. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 13 Profitable to good studiers and meke [non inutilem studiosis]. c1440J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. i. 350 Solitary lyff to stodyers is comfort. a1466Gregory Chron. in Hist. Coll. Cit. Lond. (Camden) 133 Collegys of studyers, and othyr collegys of Holy Chyrche. 2. One who studies a specified subject. Const. of, † in. Now rare or Obs.
1593Queen Elizabeth Boeth. i. pr. iv. 8 Wisdom studiers [L. studiosi sapientiae]. 1607T. Sparke Brotherly Persw. Vnitie 25 The most diligent studier and searcher of ancient writers. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. xii. 161, I..am a continual reader of and studier in the best Authors. 1678Phil. Trans. XII. 965 The first Studiers of Natural Philosophy commonly so called, were the Greeks. 1793Monthly Rev. XII. 197 To the studier of Tacitus, it is amusing to observe the contrivances of different translators to vary from each other. 1797Jane Austen Pride & Prej. ix, I did not know before..that you were a studier of character. It must be an amusing study. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. x. (1859) 66 James flourished nearly about the time of Chaucer and Gower, and was evidently an admirer and studier of their writings. 3. Const. † for, of. One who strives after or pursues (an object or end). Now rare.
1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 19 Happie be..the studiers for Godlines, and the lovers of God. c1611Chapman Iliad xiii. 292 And these..will serue to fill the hand Of Hectors selfe, that Priamist, that studier for blowes. 1651Fuller Abel Rediv., Pareus 580 He was a great studyer and promoter of the Churches peace. 1710Shaftesbury Charac. ii. ii. (1737) II. 248 The merest Studier of Pleasure,..even Epicurus himself. 1833T. Hook Love & Pride, Snowdon x. III. 111 Although not a devoted studier of effect,..he could not help feeling that he should look very ridiculous, if [etc.]. |