SCHOLAR
noun
Synonyms
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.
Definitions
- 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.
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
