scholar
scholar /ˈskɒl.ər/ aep /ˈskɑː.lɚ/ noun [C]
1 C1 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.Thesaurus+: ↑Students and pupils2 F0 INFORMAL someone who is clever or good at learning by studying: » David's never been much of a scholar.Thesaurus+: ↑Intelligent people• • • Extra Examples:» a leading scholar of Islamic economics» a political scholar at the Brookings Institution» a visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo» Most scholars assert that Christ was born somewhere around this time.» The theory has been widely discredited by scholars. |