Definition of scholar
1 : a person who attends a school or studies under a teacher : pupil
2a : a person who has done advanced study in a special fieldb : a learned person
3 : a holder of a scholarship
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Examples of scholar in a Sentence
She's a renowned scholar of African-American history.
scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act
Recent Examples of scholar from the Web
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Although the U.S. military embraces the idea, scholars and development experts disagree as to whether aid money can undercut militant violence and stem the recruitment of volunteers by extremist groups.
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And scholars have long debated if humans are innately violent or peaceful.
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Islam as a political identity Scholars of Indonesian politics have interpreted these events through two frameworks: one based on class and another on identity.
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British scholar Karen Armstrong on Wednesday won Spain’s Princess of Asturias award for social sciences in recognition of her investigations into world religions.
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The top boy in the school’s Class of 2017 has nothing but respect for his female scholar peers.
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Dorothy Kieffer is a postdoctoral scholar at UC Davis researching the effects of diet on the genetic disorder Wilson disease.
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Oscar Vilhena, a legal scholar and director of Sao Paulo’s FGV law school, said that there is pressure on the judges to push back the date of the ruling.
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These scholars have given so much of their precious time to others.
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Origin and Etymology of scholar
Middle English scoler, from Old English scolere & Anglo-French escoler, from Medieval Latin scholaris, from Late Latin, of a school, from Latin schola school
First Known Use: before 12th century
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SCHOLAR Defined for English Language Learners
scholar
playDefinition of scholar for English Language Learners
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: a person who has studied a subject for a long time and knows a lot about it : an intelligent and well-educated person who knows a particular subject very well
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: someone who has been given a scholarship
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