Category:Scholar

Schol"ar, n. Etym: [oe. scoler, as. scolere, fr. L. scholaris Belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See school.]

1. One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under The tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a Student. I am no breeching scholar in the schools. Shak.

2. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one Versed in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or Scientific attainments; a savant. Shak. Locke.

3. A man of books. Bacon.

4. In english universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the Foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its Revenues.

Syn. -- pupil; learner; disciple. -- scholar, pupil. Scholar refers to the instruction, and pupil to The care and government, of a teacher. A scholar is one who is under Instruction; a pupil is one who is under the immediate and personal Care of an instructor; hence we speak of a bright scholar, and an Obedient pupil.