scholar (plural scholars)
1. A student; one who studies at school or college.
2. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
3. A learned person.
4. One who educates themself for their whole life.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)
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Schol"ar (?), n. [OE. scoler, AS. sc&omac;lere, fr. L. scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See School.]
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. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant. Shak. Locke. 3. A man of books. Bacon. 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.
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Main Entry: schol•ar
Pronunciation: \ˈskä-lər\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English scoler, from Old English scolere & Anglo-French escoler, from Medieval Latin scholaris, from Late Latin, of a school, from Latin schola school
Date: before 12th century
1: a person who attends a school or studies under a teacher : pupil 2 a: a person who has done advanced study in a special field b: a learned person 3: a holder of a scholarship
Main Entry: her•me•neu•tic
Pronunciation: \ˌhər-mə-ˈnü-tik, -ˈnyü-\
Function: noun
Date: 1737
1 plural but sing or plural in constr : the study of the methodological principles of interpretation (as of the Bible) 2: a method or principle of interpretation
Main Entry: his•to•ri•og•ra•phy
Pronunciation: \-fē\
Function: noun
Date: 1569
1 a: the writing of history ; especially : the writing of history based on the critical examination of sources, the selection of particulars from the authentic materials, and the synthesis of particulars into a narrative that will stand the test of critical methods b: the principles, theory, and history of historical writing a course in historiography 2: the product of historical writing : a body of historical literature
Main Entry: re•con•struct
Pronunciation: \ˌrē-kən-ˈstrəkt\
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1768
: to construct again: as a: to establish or assemble again b: to subject (an organ or part) to surgery to re-form its structure or correct a defect c: to build up mentally : recreate
