scholar

[ skol-er ]

/ ˈskɒl ər /

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noun

a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.

a student; pupil.

a student who has been awarded a scholarship.

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1 savant.

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Origin of scholar

First recorded before 1000; from Late Latin scholāris, equivalent to Latin schol(a)school¹ + -āris-ar¹; replacing Middle English scoler(e),Old English scolere, from Late Latin, as above

synonym study for scholar

2. See pupil¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM scholar

schol·ar·less, adjectivenon·schol·ar, nounnon·schol·ar·ly, adjective

Words nearby scholar

Schoenberg, Schoenheimer, Schofield, Schofield Barracks, schola cantorum, scholar, scholarch, scholarly, scholarship, scholar's mate, scholastic

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How to use scholar in a sentence

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.
Israel leads the world in vaccination rates, but a key group is missing from the data|By Yara M. Asi/The Conversation|February 3, 2021|Popular-Science
I talked with a leading First Amendment lawyer and scholar, Jameel Jaffer, about all of this last week.
So you’re being held accountable? That’s not ‘cancel culture.’|Margaret Sullivan|January 31, 2021|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.
Folger Theatre’s Janet Griffin announces her retirement after decades of devotion to Shakespeare|Peter Marks|January 27, 2021|Washington Post
Legal scholars in 2020 wrote that state constitutions can potentially “provide a stronger foundation for protecting democracy than their federal counterpart.”
Loopholes have preserved slavery for more than 150 years after abolition|Caroline Kisiel|January 27, 2021|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.
Library of Congress gets $15 million to diversify partners, collections|Peggy McGlone|January 27, 2021|Washington Post
The Austria-based restaurant was first noted by the scholar and monk Albuin, who was a devout follower of Charlemagne.
Inside The World’s 10 Oldest Restaurants|Justin Jones|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Moglen, an Internet scholar, has developed something closer to a philosophy.
How Four Upstarts Built and Crashed the Anti-Facebook|Jake Whitney|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Scholar-activists Larry Lessig and Zephyr Teachout have recently been working to revive it.
Undo Citizens United? We’d Only Scratch the Surface|Jedediah Purdy|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His great-grandfather, David Yellin, was a prominent Zionist scholar and Israeli pioneer.
Trans in the Holy Land: ‘Marzipan Flowers,’ Tal Kallai, and the Shattering of Israel’s LGBT Taboos|Itay Hod|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sailed off to Stanford, then Oxford—as a Rhodes Scholar—then Yale Law.
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy|Olivia Nuzzi|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was distinguished as an oriental scholar, and died while delivering an oration at the academy of Caen.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
A beggar asking alms under the character of a poor scholar, a gentleman put the question, Quomodo vales?
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Joseph White, an eminent English divine, and oriental scholar, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
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.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
He is described by Calamy as having been a good scholar, and possessing a taste for poetry.
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various

British Dictionary definitions for scholar

scholar

/ (ˈskɒlə) /

noun

a learned person, esp in the humanities

a person, esp a child, who studies; pupil

a student of merit at an educational establishment who receives financial aid, esp from an endowment given for such a purpose

Southern African a school pupil

Derived forms of scholar

scholarly, adjectivescholarliness, noun

Word Origin for scholar

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

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