'Scholar' definitions:

Definition of 'scholar'

(from WordNet)
noun
A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student]
noun
Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs [syn: learner, scholar, assimilator]
noun
A student who holds a scholarship

Definition of 'Scholar'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I am no breeching scholar in the schools. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A man of books. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'scholar'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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