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schol⋅ar

  [skol-er]
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–noun
1. a learned or erudite person, esp. one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
2. a student; pupil.
3. a student who has been awarded a scholarship.
Origin:
bef. 1000; < LL scholāris, equiv. to L schol(a) school 1 + -āris -ar 1 ; r. ME scoler(e), OE scolere < LL, as above

Related forms:
schol⋅ar⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. savant. 2. See pupil 1 .
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schol·ar   (skŏl'ər)   
n.  
    1. A learned person.
    2. A specialist in a given branch of knowledge: a classical scholar.
  2. One who attends school or studies with a teacher; a student.
  3. A student who holds or has held a particular scholarship.

[Middle English scoler, from Old French escoler and from Old English scolere, both from Medieval Latin scholāris, from Late Latin, of a school, from Latin scola, schola, school; see school1.]
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Scholar

Schol"ar\, n. [OE. scoler, AS. sc[=o]lere, fr. L. scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See School.]

1. One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

I am no breeching scholar in the schools. --Shak.

2. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant. --Shak. Locke.

3. A man of books. --Bacon.

4. In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.

Syn: Pupil; learner; disciple.

Usage: Scholar, Pupil. Scholar refers to the instruction, and pupil to the care and government, of a teacher. A scholar is one who is under instruction; a pupil is one who is under the immediate and personal care of an instructor; hence we speak of a bright scholar, and an obedient pupil.
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Language Translation for : scholar
Spanish: erudito,
German: der, *die Gelehrte,
Japanese: 学者
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scholar 
O.E. scolere "student," from M.L. scholaris, from L.L. scholaris "of a school," from L. schola (see school (1)). The M.L. word widely borrowed, e.g. O.Fr. escoler, Fr. écolier, O.H.G. scuolari, Ger. Schüler. First record of scholarship in sense of "emoluments of a scholar" is 1535.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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