scholar
- A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
- A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
- A learned person; a bookman.
- (Singapore) Someone who received a prestigious scholarship.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskɒlə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English scolar, scolare, scoler, scolere (also scholer), from Old English scōlere (“scholar, learner”), from Late Latin scholāris, from schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), equivalent to school + -ar. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler. Doublet of escolar.
Related words
learned person
learned man
wise person
educated person
The Apostles
scholarly person
research worker
knowledgeable person
skilled person
intelligent person
student
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