scholar
1. [ noun ] a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
Synonyms: student scholarly_person
Related terms: intellectual historian reader philosopher theologian alumnus Renaissance_man humanist pedant initiate Renaissance_man salutatorian doctor Schoolman cabalist mujtihad vedist valedictorian bibliographer Sinologist Arabist goliard Erasmus musicologist scholiast master licentiate lorenzo_de_medici crichton marcus_terentius_varro edmond_malone masorete classicist post_doc bibliophile academician
2. [ noun ] (education) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
Synonyms: learner assimilator
Related terms: person enrollee quick_study swot memorizer tutee absorb
3. [ noun ] (education) a student who holds a scholarship
Related terms: student rhodes_scholar
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