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scholar |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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) [syn: {learner}] 3: a student who holds a scholarship
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