Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A learned person.
- noun A specialist in a given branch of knowledge.
- noun One who attends school or studies with a teacher; a student.
- noun A student who holds or has held a particular scholarship.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who receives instruction in a school; one who learns from a teacher; one who is under tuition; a pupil; a student; a disciple.
- noun In English universities, formerly, any student; now, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives a portion of its revenues to furnish him with the means of prosecuting his studies during the academic curriculum; the holder of a scholarship.
- noun One who learns anything: as, an apt scholar in the school of deceit.
- noun A learned man; one having great knowledge of literature or philology; an erudite person; specifically, a man or woman of letters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.
- noun One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant.
- noun A man of books.
- noun In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
student ; one who studies atschool orcollege . - noun A
specialist in a particular branch ofknowledge . - noun A
learned person; abookman . - noun One who educates themself for their whole life.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a student who holds a scholarship
- noun someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
- noun a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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When the participle or the infinitive is used abstractly, without an assumed subject, its attribute complement is also said to be in the nominative case; as, To _be he_ [Footnote: See footnote above.] is to be a scholar; _Being_ a _scholar_ is not _being_ an _idler_.
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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The word scholar connotes heady intellectuals, buried in books and theories -- but what these kids are really learning is how to act.
Jeffrey Abelson: Bezos Scholars Program -- Incubating Big Ideas and Model Citizens -- One High School at a Time Jeffrey Abelson 2011
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The word scholar connotes heady intellectuals, buried in books and theories -- but what these kids are really learning is how to act.
Jeffrey Abelson: Bezos Scholars Program -- Incubating Big Ideas and Model Citizens -- One High School at a Time Jeffrey Abelson 2011
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I use the term scholar in the literal sense of student and do not claim expert status.
Cracking the Shakespeare Code - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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As for Gates qualifying for the title scholar, I will let his own actions speak for themselves.
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As for Gates qualifying for the title scholar, I will let his own actions speak for themselves.
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Once a child -- whom we call a "scholar" -- is enrolled in our summer learning and after school programs, parents become more involved.
Tiffany Cooper Gueye: Supporting Your Child's Education Tiffany Cooper Gueye 2011
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Once a child -- whom we call a "scholar" -- is enrolled in our summer learning and after school programs, parents become more involved.
Tiffany Cooper Gueye: Supporting Your Child's Education Tiffany Cooper Gueye 2011
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Once a child -- whom we call a "scholar" -- is enrolled in our summer learning and after school programs, parents become more involved.
Tiffany Cooper Gueye: Supporting Your Child's Education Tiffany Cooper Gueye 2011
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Once a child -- whom we call a "scholar" -- is enrolled in our summer learning and after school programs, parents become more involved.
Tiffany Cooper Gueye: Supporting Your Child's Education Tiffany Cooper Gueye 2011
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