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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:
  2. a student; pupil.

  3. a student who has been awarded a scholarship.



scholar

/ ˈɒə /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • scholarless adjective
  • nonscholar noun
  • nonscholarly adjective
  • ˈDZԱ noun
  • ˈDZ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scholar1

First recorded before 1000; from Late Latin DZ, equivalent to Latin schol(a) school 1 + - -ar 1; replacing Middle English scoler(e), Old English scolere, from Late Latin, as above
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51Թ 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

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For legal scholars and those who know about legal history, this argument is super alarming.

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They have also been condemned by legal scholars who argue that the strikes are illegal under international law.

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In 1989, newly elected Baseball Commissioner A. Bart Giamatti, a retired Yale University president and English Renaissance literature scholar, banned Rose for life after an investigation that proved painful for both men.

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Fans and scholars have retrospectively diagnosed the character as being on the spectrum, and you can easily find essays and discussions as to whether Poirot’s fastidiousness at least borders on OCD.

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Once again, the American people and their news media and other leaders and gatekeepers are, in the words of media scholar Neil Postman, “amusing themselves” and their democracy to death.

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