scholar

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈskɑlɚ/ UK /ˈskɒlə/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like sculler /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #8485

Meanings

1

noun
A person who studies a subject deeply and knows a lot about it.

She is a leading scholar of medieval history.
2

noun
A student who has been given money (a scholarship) to study.

He attended the university as a scholar on a full grant.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who studies a... academic savant

Word family

Forms scholars

Derived forms day-scholarnonscholarscholaressscholarismscholarlessscholarlikescholarly scholarship

Related forms savantscholarchscholiast

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Phrases (1)

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classical scholar
a person who studies the languages and literature of ancient Greece and Rome

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From 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. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler. Doublet of escolar.

scolar Middle English scōlere Old English scholāris la-lat σχολή Ancient Greek *seǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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# scholar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈskɑlɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈskɒlə/
**Frequency rank:** 8485

## Meanings
1. A person who studies a subject deeply and knows a lot about it.
2. A student who has been given money (a scholarship) to study.

## Examples
- She is a leading scholar of medieval history.
- He attended the university as a scholar on a full grant.

## Derived Forms
- day-scholar
- nonscholar
- scholaress
- scholarism
- scholarless
- scholarlike
- scholarly
- scholarship

## Related Forms
- savant
- scholarch
- scholiast

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: scolar
- Root: scōlere
- Root: scholāris
- Root: σχολή
- Root: *seǵʰ-

## Etymology
From 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. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler. Doublet of escolar.

## AI Etymology
Scholar is from 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. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler. Doublet of escolar. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English scolar, Old English scōlere, la-lat scholāris, Ancient Greek σχολή, Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-. In current use it includes senses such as A person who studies a subject deeply and knows a lot about it and A student who has been given money (a scholarship) to study.

## Topics
- People & Society

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