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1. (n.) scholar
a learned or erudite person, esp. one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
2. scholar
a student who has been awarded a scholarship.
3. scholar
a student; pupil.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME scoler(e), OE scolere < LL scholāris= L schol(a)school1+-āris -ar1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
2. (noun) learner, scholar, assimilator
someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
3. (noun) scholar
a student who holds a scholarship
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1. (noun) scholar
sb who has studied an subject extensively
a well-known biblical scholar
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) scholar
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
2. (noun) scholar
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
3. (noun) scholar
a man of books
4. (noun) scholar
in English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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scholar
1. An ornate fossil.
2. A deadly ptomain that infests all forms of dynamic thought.
3. An impenetrable mass of matter that contains within itself the principle of unchangeability.
4. A turtle on whose shell is carved certain hieroglyphic lettering; such as, Ph. D., M. D., LL. D.
5. A medieval owl that roosts in universities, especially those that are endowed.
6. A plaster-of-Paris convolute.
7. A man, long on advice but short on action, who thinks he thinks.
8. One who draws his breath and salary.
9. Anybody with a bulging brow and no visible means of support.
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Sense: a person of great knowledge and learning
a fine classical scholar.
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 Afrikaans: geleerde |
 Arabic: عالِم |
 Bulgarian: учен |
 Brazilian: estudioso |
 Czech: učenec |
 German: der/die Gelehrte |
 Danish: videnskabsmand |
 Greek: λόγιος |
 Spanish: erudito |
 Estonian: õpetlane, teadlane |
 Farsi: اديب |
 Finnish: oppinut |
 French: érudit/-ite |
 Hebrew: מְלוּמָד |
 Hindi: विद्वान |
 Croatian: naučnik, učenjak |
 Hungarian: tudós |
 Indonesian: cendekiawan |
 Icelandic: lærður maður, fræðimaður |
 Italian: studioso |
 Japanese: 学者 |
 Korean: 박식한 사람 |
 Lithuanian: mokslininkas |
 Latvian: zinātnieks; domātājs |
 Malay: cendekiawan |
 Dutch: geleerde |
 Norwegian: vitenskapsmann, lærd pers |
 Polish: uczony |
 Persian: اديب |
 Pashto: پوه، عالم، زده كوونكى،دسك |
 Portuguese: estudioso |
 Romanian: erudit |
 Russian: учёный |
 Slovak: učenec |
 Slovenian: učenjak |
 Serbian: učenjak |
 Swedish: lärd [person] |
 Thai: นักวิชาการ |
 Turkish: bilgin |
 Taiwanese: 學者 |
 Ukrainian: вчений |
 Urdu: دانشور |
 Vietnamese: học giả |
 Chinese: 学者 |
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