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

As a scholar of health management and policy who has worked in the occupied West Bank, I would argue that not only is Israel under legal and moral obligations to include Palestinians in the vaccine program, but it is also in its own self-interest.

From Popular-Science

I talked with a leading First Amendment lawyer and scholar, Jameel Jaffer, about all of this last week.

From Washington Post

The greatest thing about the Folger is being able to sit in the room with a director, actor and a scholar and have a conversation about the text.

From Washington Post

Legal scholars in 2020 wrote that state constitutions can potentially “provide a stronger foundation for protecting democracy than their federal counterpart.”

From Washington Post

The library will award 20 grants of $50,000 to $60,000 to cultural-heritage and higher-education institutions, as well as three two-year residences of $150,000 for artists or scholars to undertake more in-depth projects.

From Washington Post

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?

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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