A wise man; a sage.

A teacher.

One who learns or receives instruction; a disciple. †In early use, a scholar, man of learning.

A wise man, sage; a councillor; spec. one of the witan, n.

spec. A man deeply versed in some subject of study, or in studies generally; a learned man, scholar, philosopher, sage. Now rare or archaic.

= learned, adj. Also absol., esp. in lered and lewd.

A person of approved learning, a respected scholar; an authority in (also of) a particular subject; †a magician (obsolete). Cf. sense A. 16.

A person who reads and expounds to pupils or students; a teacher, a lecturer. Also: in some (esp. British) universities, a lecturer of the highest…

A student or practitioner of (any of) the sciences or liberal arts; a scientist; a scholar. rare after 17th-cent.

man of science: †(a) a man who possesses knowledge in any branch of learning, or trained skill in any art or craft (obsolete); (b) a man who is an…

A person whose learning, authority, or office is comparable to that of a Jewish rabbi, esp. a Roman Catholic priest or a Protestant minister. In…

= rabbi, n.1 3a. Obsolete.

A prominent theologian. Obsolete.

A person skilled in a learned art; a scholar; an expert. Obsolete.

A literary scholar; = philologist, n. 1. Obsolete.

A person skilled in one of the seven liberal arts (see art, n.1 9); a learned person; a scholar; a philosopher. Also: a Bachelor of Arts. Obsolete.

A learned person; a scholar; esp. a scientist, a natural philosopher. Also: spec. a member of the Royal Society. Obsolete.

One who is distinguished for learning; a wise or learned man.

Answering in every respect to a description; having all the qualifications, or entitled to all the… Applied to a person in respect of his or her…

A scholar or highly educated person; (occasionally) a person who possesses academic learning or theoretical knowledge but lacks practical skills or…

A person devoted to learning or literature; a scholar, esp. of literature or classics. Now rare.

In general sense: †One skilled or learned in any subject (obsolete). Also slang, ‘a knowing one’, an adept in dishonest acts.

depreciative. A scholar. rare.

Now usually in form pandit. In India: a learned or wise person; a person with knowledge of Sanskrit and Indian philosophy, religion, and law…

A man who possesses great knowledge or learning. Cf. man of science at science, n. phrases 1a.

An extremely learned or scholarly person, esp. one highly distinguished in a particular field of the arts, science, or literature.

A rank of Irish learned man, the most distinguished kind of file (cf. fili, n.); a master of a particular field of knowledge, esp. a master poet or…

A Muslim doctor of the law; an imam. Also gen. (esp. in South Asia): a teacher of Arabic, a learned man. Also as a title and form of address.

= pundit, n. 1.

Any of a group of Jewish scholars of the 6th century c.e. who contributed explanations and revisions to the Babylonian Talmud.

= erudite, n.

In Nigeria and other parts of Africa: a learned man; a scribe, teacher, or healer.

A learned person; a scholar or savant.

An erudite person, a scholar. rare.

That goes about in the form of a living creature. Frequently in figurative or similative expressions. Referring to a person who has great stores of…

A (usually mathematical or scientific) genius comparable to Einstein. Also used ironically.