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scholar

[ skol-er ]

noun

  1. a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.

    Synonyms: savant

  2. a student; pupil.
  3. a student who has been awarded a scholarship.


scholar

/ ˈskɒlə /

noun

  1. a learned person, esp in the humanities
  2. a person, esp a child, who studies; pupil
  3. a student of merit at an educational establishment who receives financial aid, esp from an endowment given for such a purpose
  4. a school pupil


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Derived Forms

  • ˈscholarliness, noun
  • ˈscholarly, adjective

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Other Words From

  • scholar·less adjective
  • non·scholar noun
  • non·scholar·ly adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scholar1

First recorded before 1000; from Late Latin scholāris, equivalent to Latin schol(a) school 1 + -āris -ar 1; replacing Middle English scoler(e), Old English scolere, from Late Latin, as above

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scholar1

C14: from Old French escoler, via Late Latin from Latin schola school 1

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Synonym Study

See pupil 1.

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Example Sentences

The Austria-based restaurant was first noted by the scholar and monk Albuin, who was a devout follower of Charlemagne.

But Moglen, an Internet scholar, has developed something closer to a philosophy.

Scholar-activists Larry Lessig and Zephyr Teachout have recently been working to revive it.

His great-grandfather, David Yellin, was a prominent Zionist scholar and Israeli pioneer.

Sailed off to Stanford, then Oxford—as a Rhodes Scholar—then Yale Law.

He was distinguished as an oriental scholar, and died while delivering an oration at the academy of Caen.

A beggar asking alms under the character of a poor scholar, a gentleman put the question, Quomodo vales?

Joseph White, an eminent English divine, and oriental scholar, died.

My crutch emphasized this mandate, but I could not see how it was received, for every scholar's face was hidden from me by a book.

He is described by Calamy as having been a good scholar, and possessing a taste for poetry.

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