schol ‧ ar /ˈskɒlə $ ˈskɑːlər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1000-1100 ; Language: Medieval Latin ; Origin: scholaris , from Late Latin , 'of a school' , from Latin schola ; ⇨ ↑ school 1 ]
1 . an intelligent and well-educated person:
the great Dutch scholar Erasmus
2 . someone who knows a lot about a particular subject, especially one that is not a science subject:
a Shakespearean scholar
3 . someone who has been given a scholarship to study at a school or college:
He was a King’s scholar at Eton College.