scholar
A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarshipA student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
» He is something of a scholar.
Он в некотором роде эрудит. — Ooneykcall
Он своего рода учёный. — Ooneykcall
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 sensesA student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
Student, Schüler, Schülerin
уча́щийсяučáščijsja, учени́кučeník, студе́нтstudént
a student who holds a scholarship
A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
Gelehrter
учёныйučónyj, специали́стspecialíst
A learned person; a bookman.
Gelehrter
знато́кznatók, экспе́ртekspért
a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
(Singapore)Someone who received a prestigious scholarship.
Examples
160 sentencesHe is something of a scholar.
ruОн в некотором роде эрудит. — Ooneykcall
She is a scholar and poet.
ruОна учёный и поэт. — odexed
You're a gentleman and a scholar.
He is what we call a scholar.
deEr ist das, was wir einen Gelehrten nennen. — Espi
He felt ill at ease among prominent scholars.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English scolar, scolare, scoler, scolere (also scholer), from Old English scōlFrom 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. Doublet of schooler, Schuyler, and escolar. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler.
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Forms
plural: scholarsSynonyms
11 synonyms- a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines:scholarly person
- someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs:learnerassimilatorstudent
Word family
17 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.