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Definition of "scholar" []

  • A learned person. (noun)
  • A specialist in a given branch of knowledge: a classical scholar. (noun)
  • One who attends school or studies with a teacher; a student. (noun)
  • A student who holds or has held a particular scholarship. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "scholar" in a sentence
  • "When the participle or the infinitive is used abstractly, without an assumed subject, its attribute complement is also said to be in the nominative case; as, To _be he_ [Footnote: See footnote above.] is to be a scholar; _Being_ a _scholar_ is not _being_ an _idler_."
  • "The word scholar connotes heady intellectuals, buried in books and theories -- but what these kids are really learning is how to act."
  • "I use the term scholar in the literal sense of student and do not claim expert status."