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scholar(dictionary)

scholar (iou)



scholar noun. . OE.
[Orig. directly from late Latin scholaris, later aphet. from Old French escoler, -lier (mod. ecolier) from late Latin scholaris from Latin schola SCHOOL noun1: see -AR1.]
A person receiving formal teaching from another, a pupil, spec. (a) a schoolchild; (b) a person taught by a particular teacher or instructor; (c) a student in a medieval university; (d) a junior or undergraduate member of a university. arch. OE.
J. Hammond And teach my lovely scholar all I know.
b. A person who regards another as his or her leader or teacher; a disciple. L16.
A learned or erudite person, orig. esp. in the classics, now in languages, literature, or any non-scientific subject, an academic. Also (now arch. & dial.), a person who is able to read and write. ME.
G. B. Shaw The training of the scholar and the sportsman may..diverge as they adolesce. I. Origo The distinguished Leopardian scholar and critic.
b. With specifying adjective: a person with a specified aptitude for study. E17.
O. Manning Always was a poor scholar Never could remember anything.
A student who in reward for academic merit is given financial support for education by a school, college, or university. E16.
Fulbright scholar, King's Scholar, Rhodes Scholar, etc.
Roman History. A member of one of the four companies into which the imperial guard was divided. E20.
Phrases: Oxford Scholar: see OXFORD adjective. scholar's mate Chess: in which the second player is checkmated in the opponent's fourth move.
scholardom noun (rare) the realm of scholars or scholarship L19.
scholarhood noun (rare) (a) the learned world; (b) the condition of being a scholar: M19.
scholarism noun (now rare) scholarship, learning L16.