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scholar

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schol⋅ar

  [skol-er]
–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.
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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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Word Origin & History

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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