Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scholar"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Scholar \Schol"ar\, n. [OE. scoler, AS. sc[=o]lere, fr. L.
scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See
{School}.]
1. 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.

I am no breeching scholar in the schools. --Shak.

2. 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. --Shak. Locke.

3. A man of books. --Bacon.

4. In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to
the foundation of a college, and receives support in part
from its revenues.

Syn: Pupil; learner; disciple.

Usage: {Scholar}, {Pupil}. Scholar refers to the instruction,
and pupil to the care and government, of a teacher. A
scholar is one who is under instruction; a pupil is
one who is under the immediate and personal care of an
instructor; hence we speak of a bright scholar, and an
obedient pupil.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

scholar
n 1: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who
by long study has gained mastery in one or more
disciplines [syn: {scholarly person}, {student}]
2: someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher)
or takes up knowledge or beliefs [syn: {learner}, {assimilator}]
3: a student who holds a scholarship


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