Meaning

noun a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

noun someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

noun a student who holds a scholarship

originFrom 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…

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