scholar

4 definitions • 3 examples

a person who studies a subject in great detail, especially at a university:

a classics/history scholar

Dr Miles was a distinguished scholar of Russian history.

someone who is intelligent or good at learning by studying:

David's never been much of a scholar.

a person with great knowledge, usually of a particular subject

A scholar is also a student who has been given a college or university scholarship (= money to pay for studies).