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scholar

  • noun
  • /ˈskɒlə/

A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.

Other meanings

  1. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.

  2. A learned person; a bookman.

Example sentences

  • “A scholar is rarely a rich man.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “A sign is enough for a scholar to understand us.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

  • “Scholars now reject this theory.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "σχολή".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “scholar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.