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Studyar(e, Studier, n. [ME and e.m.E. studier (Wyclif), stodyer (c1440), studyer (a1466); Study(e v.] A student, scholar, also, of a particular subject. — 1456 Hay I 226/9.
Gif a studyare may be … haldyn prysonare: as gif the king [etc.] … and sa befell that thare war a scolar in Paris at the study of Florence [etc.] 1456 Hay II 107/28.
Bot grete clerkis and studyaris in scolies of sciences that ware wyse and worthy men 1600 Misc. Bann. C. I 143.
The bookes quhilk he uset,—quhilk preiffes him plainlie to have bein ane studier of magick