scholar
IPA: skˈɑɫɝ
noun
- 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.
- (Singapore) someone who received a prestigious scholarship
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Examples of "scholar" in Sentences
- I use the term scholar in the literal sense of student and do not claim expert status.
- As for Gates qualifying for the title scholar, I will let his own actions speak for themselves.
- The word scholar connotes heady intellectuals, buried in books and theories -- but what these kids are really learning is how to act.
- Once a child -- whom we call a "scholar" -- is enrolled in our summer learning and after school programs, parents become more involved.
- When the participle or the infinitive is used abstractly, without an assumed subject, its attribute complement is also said to be in the nominative case; as, To _be he_ [Footnote: See footnote above.] is to be a scholar; _Being_ a _scholar_ is not _being_ an _idler_.
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