Associations to the word «Scholar»

Wiktionary

SCHOLAR, noun. A student; one who studies at school or college.
SCHOLAR, noun. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
SCHOLAR, noun. A learned person; a bookman.
SCHOLAR AND GENTLEMAN, noun. (idiomatic) An admirable, intelligent person (usually a man).

Dictionary definition

SCHOLAR, noun. A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines.
SCHOLAR, noun. Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs.
SCHOLAR, noun. A student who holds a scholarship.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats