Sentence:  In general, alſo, it may be obſerved, that a greater degree of gentility is affixed to the character of a <WSD>ſtudent</WSD> in England than elſewhere ; by which means our clergy have an opportunity of ſeeing better company while young, and of ſooner wearing off thoſe prejudices which they are apt to imbibe even in the beſt regulated univerſities, and which may be juſtly termed the vulgar errors of the wiſe. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person who is enrolled at a college or university (primary or secondary school).