scholar
A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
Noun 4 meanings
A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
A learned person; a bookman.
Someone who received a prestigious scholarship.
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.
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SCHOLAR at a glance
SCHOLAR has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (S 1 + C 3 + H 4 + O 1 + L 1 + A 1 + R 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,490 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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