Scholar Definition

skŏlər
scholars
noun
scholars
A learned person.
Webster's New World
A specialist in a particular branch of learning, esp. in the humanities.
A Mark Twain scholar.
Webster's New World
A student given scholarship aid.
Webster's New World
Any student or pupil.
Webster's New World
One who educates themselves for their whole life.
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Noun

Singular:
scholar
Plural:
scholars

Origin of Scholar

  • Middle English scoler from Old French escoler and from Old English scolere both from Medieval Latin scholāris from Late Latin of a school from Latin scola, schola school school1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English scoler, from Old English scōlere (“scholar, learner"), from Late Latin scholāris, from schola (“school"), equivalent to school +"Ž -er.

    From Wiktionary

Scholar Sentence Examples

  • He became a good Hungarian scholar.

  • When eight years of age he was the best scholar at the famous school at Harrow.

  • He became a good classical scholar, and learnt to speak and write in French with facility and elegance.

  • So she called her clerk, who was a scholar, and bade him write the song, word for word, as it came from Caedmon's lips.

  • Everybody was astonished, for that boy was the best scholar in the school, and he had never been known to break a rule.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCH

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Words Starting With S and Ending With R

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