n. 25B6; noun
a leading biblical scholar : ACADEMIC, intellectual, learned person, man/woman of letters, mind, intellect, savant, polymath, highbrow, bluestocking; authority, expert; informal egghead; N. Amer. informal pointy-head; archaic bookman.
(archaic) the school had 28 scholars : PUPIL, student, schoolchild, schoolboy, schoolgirl.