Scholar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskɒlə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scholar is a noun meaning A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
Meaning
A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
More Meanings
- A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
- A learned person; a bookman.
- (Singapore) Someone who received a prestigious scholarship.
Example Sentences
The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
Word Forms
- scholars
Synonyms for scholar
Depending on context, synonyms include student, pupil, expert, specialist, academic, savant.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include student, learner, schoolchild, university, academician, academia.
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