scholars

[ScholĀ·ar]

Someone who learns is a scholar, though the word also means someone with a lot of knowledge in one subject. If you know a lot about books, you could be called a literary scholar.

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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
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

Noun
a student who holds a scholarship


n.
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.

n.
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.

n.
A man of books.

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


Scholar

Schol"ar , n. [OE. scoler, AS. sc&omac;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.
2. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed 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. -- 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.

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.

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Usage Examples

The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar.

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