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scholar


noun

  1. a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
  2. a student; pupil.
  3. a student who has been awarded a scholarship.

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. Southern African a school pupil

n.Old English scolere “student,” from Medieval Latin scholaris, noun use of Late Latin scholaris “of a school,” from Latin schola (see school (n.1)). Greek scholastes meant “one who lives at ease.” The Medieval Latin word was widely borrowed, e.g. Old French escoler, French écolier, Old High German scuolari, German Schüler. The modern English word might be a Middle English reborrowing from French. Fowler points out that in British English it typically has been restricted to those who attend a school on a scholarship.

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