one of some 6000 college scholarships awarded annually since 1956, by the nonprofit, grant-supported National Merit Scholarship Corporation, to high-school students (National Merit Scholars) on the basis of scholastic record, personal character, and score on a test administered nationally.
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
Meaning of NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012