scholar
Plural: scholars
Noun
- A learned person, especially in academic study.
- a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
- someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
- a student who holds a scholarship
- A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
- A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
- A learned person; a bookman.
- Someone who received a prestigious scholarship.
Examples
- Even a Scrabble SCHOLAR can be stumped by a bad rack of letters.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English scolar, scolare, scoler, scolere (also scholer), from Old English scōlere (“scholar, learner”), from Late Latin scholāris, from schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), equivalent to school + -ar. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler. Doublet of escolar.
Synonyms
assimilator, bookman, learner, scholarly person, student, academic, erudite, expert, learned person, pupil, savant, specialist
Scrabble Score: 12
scholar: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordscholar: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scholar: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary