A person who studies hard or intently. Cf. mug, n.5 2. Obsolete.

One who studies hard or is absorbed in books.

One who ‘saps’ or studies hard.

One who studies hard.

A person who learns a subject by concentrated study.

A student who works with particular diligence or concentration; a ‘swot’.

A diligent or hard-working student; a ‘swot’. Cf. mugger, n.4

A hard worker, a swot; one who curries favour.

= swot, n. 2. Also swotter-up.

With capital initial. A nickname for: a studious person, a swot.

colloquial. A very clever or well-informed person; a precocious or exceptionally diligent pupil.

U.S. slang. An insignificant or foolish person; a ‘nerd’; spec. an over-diligent student, a ‘swot’. Now rare.

slang (chiefly U.S.). Frequently depreciative. An overly diligent, unsociable student; any unsociable person obsessively devoted to a particular…

A person who achieves something; (now esp.) a person who achieves a high or specified level of success.

Public School slang. At Eton College, a student on the foundation, a colleger as distinguished from an oppidan. In wider use: a studious or…

An overly diligent student, an extremely intelligent person; (also) a person lacking in social skills.

= poindexter, n.