scholar

== English == === Etymology === From 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɒlə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskɑlɚ/ Rhymes: -ɒlə(ɹ) === Noun === scholar (plural scholars) A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship. Synonyms: student, pupil A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge. Synonyms: expert, specialist A learned person; a bookman. Synonyms: academic, learned person, savant, scholarly person, erudite (Singapore) Someone who received a prestigious scholarship. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== scholiast ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== savant scholarch Thesaurus:humanities scholar ==== Further reading ==== “scholar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “scholar”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “scholar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “scholar”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “scholar”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. === Anagrams === chorals, lorchas, orchals