SCHOLAR

scholar. Scholar, [ch as k] n. a disciple, man of learning, a pupil, one who has a liberal education

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Schol″ar (?), n. [[OE. scoler, AS. scōlere, fr. L. scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See School.]] 1. 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. 2. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant. Shak. Locke.
3. 3. A man of books. Bacon.
4. 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.