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

Derived Forms

• ˈscholarliness, noun
• ˈscholarly, adjective

Other Words From

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of scholar¹

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

Synonym Study

See pupil ¹.

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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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.

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

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Related Words

• academic
• doctor
• intellectual
• philosopher
• professor
• scientist
• student
• teacher