n. | 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. |
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. | |
3. | A man of books. | |
4. | In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues. |
Noun | 1. | scholar - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines Synonyms: scholarly person, student |
2. | ![]() Synonyms: assimilator, learner | |
3. | scholar - a student who holds a scholarship |