studentessn.
/ˈstjuːd(ə)ntᵻs/, /ˈstʃuːd(ə)ntᵻs/, /stjuːd(ə)nˈtɛs/, /stʃuːd(ə)nˈtɛs/, U.S. /ˈst(j)ud(ə)ntəs/ Now rare and humorous.
A female student.
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co-ed1893
1834 Knickerbocker 4 120 The Collegiate Institute..was originally designed to afford its fair studentesses all the advantages usually obtained by the best educated of the other sex.
c1870 R. L. Stevenson Let. in Westm. Gaz. (1895) 13 July 10/1 Miss —— and the rest of our fellow-studentesses.
1904 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 367 His own [lectures] on Job, the Psalms,..and other Old Testament subjects drew only students and German and Russian studentesses.
2005 University Wire (Nexis) 1 Dec. Come in, high school student or studentess; come in! My door is always open to you.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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