scholar

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   She is a leading scholar of medieval history.

2. 2
   noun

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

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

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.

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