Scholar School Person English Noun Latin Study Scolere

schol·ar
\\ˈskä-lər\\ noun1. a person who attends a school or studies under a teacher :

pupil

2.
  a. a person who has done advanced study in a special field
  b. a learned person
3. a holder of a scholarship

scholar
  O.E. scolere "student," from M.L. scholaris, from L.L. scholaris "of a school," from L. schola (see school (1)). The M.L. word widely borrowed, e.g. O.Fr. escoler, Fr. écolier, O.H.G. scuolari, Ger. Schüler. First record of scholarship in sense of "emoluments of a scholar" is 1535.

scholar
scholar / 5skClE(r); NAmE 5skB:l- / noun1. a person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in detail
   学者:
   a classical scholar
   研究拉丁文与希腊文的学者
   He was the most distinguished scholar in his field.
   他是这一领域成就最为卓着的学者。
2. a student who has been given a

scholarship

to study at a school, college or university
   奖学金获得者:
   a Rhodes scholar
   罗得斯奖学金获得者
3. (BrE, informal) a clever person who works hard at school
   聪颖勤奋的学生:
   I was never much of a scholar.
   我从来不是那种用功的好学生。

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schol·ar
\ˈskälə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English scoler, from Old English scolere & Old French escoler, from Medieval Latin scholaris, from Late Latin, adjective, of a school, from Latin schola school + -aris -ar — more at
1.
 a. : one who attends a school or studies under a teacher : , — used especially in combination
  < Sunday school scholar >
 b. : one under the training of a particular master
  < a scholar of the learned doctor >
2.
 a. : one who by long systematic study (as in a university) has gained a high degree of mastery in one or more of the academic disciplines; especially : one who has engaged in advanced study and acquired the minutiae of knowledge in some special field along with accuracy and skill in investigation and powers of critical analysis in interpretation of such knowledge
  < a noted Shakespeare scholar >
  < was a scholar. He knew the right books, knew them to the core and how to use them — H.S.Canby >
 b. : a learned person; especially : one who has the attitudes (as curiosity, perseverance, initiative, originality, integrity) considered essential for learning
  < using the word scholar … to include all those … endeavoring to be original thinkers in any field of learning — J.B.Conant >
  < the self-dedication of scholars to concerns unrelated to individual profit — Lynn White >
 c. dialect : a person knowing how to read and write

3. : a holder of a scholarship