scholar

[ˈskɑːlər]

Definition:
1. A person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in detail.
2. A student who has been given a scholarship to study at a school, college or university.
3. A clever person who works hard at school.

Use 'scholar' in a sentence:

1. He is no mean scholar.
2. However, not all scholars were in agreement with him.
3. But Jefferson is known not only as the third president of the United States but also as a scholar who was way ahead of his time in many ways.
4. Thomas young, an English scholar, was the first to seriously attempt to decipher the symbols on the Rosetta Stone.
5. He is a scholar, a genuinely learned man.
6. Zoysias turf and Chinese scholar tree forest was the important area.
7. 'I wasn't a very good scholar at school.' — 'What did you like doing best then?'
8. The scholars have founded an educational institution.
9. "They don't like to associate technology with food," said Nicholas Genovese, a visiting scholar in cancer cell biology.
10. You're a scholar and a supervisor.
11. My wish is to become a scholar.
12. To be a scholar is to be the top of society.
13. I'm supposed to be a scholar, but all my life I've always had to bow to the rich people.
14. The society's archives are a treasure trove for scholars.
15. He is a serious scholar, a genuinely learned man.
16. Scholars have debated whether or not Yagenta became a convert.
17. I was a scholar, a specialist.
18. It wasn't until 1906 that a scholar came across the prayer book in a library and realized it was a palimpsest, and that the underlying layer of texts could only have come from Archimedes.
19. Nutrition scholar Marion Nestle of New York University spent a year informally tracking industry-funded studies on food.
20. Official handouts describe the Emperor as 'particularly noted as a scholar'.
21. He came to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and studied law.
22. I was never much of a scholar.
23. "I wasn't a very good scholar in school."—"Then why did you become a teacher?"
24. Fifty years ago, classical scholar William Russell and microbiologist Rex Burch developed abstracts on how to make animal experiments more humane.
25. Some people think that the famous scholar Confucius living from about 551 BC to 479 BC pushed the development of chopsticks.
26. The work of a scholar of the calibre and prolificity defies simple classification.
27. A good scholar will make an official.
28. Even in the 18th century scholars continued to give primacy to the written word.
29. He was a highly regarded scholar.
30. We read the Slavophiles, and we read the westernizers, taught by the late scholar of Russia, Arthur Mendel.
31. The second story in the book is titled "The Scholar."
32. A scholar prefers death to humiliation.
33. Scholars tend to scorn each other.
34. If I decide to be an artist or scholar, a bum or a farmer, will I be happier or more unfortunate?
35. As the scholar Silvia Federici put it in 1975, the unpaid nature of domestic work reinforces the assumption that "housework is not work, thus preventing women from struggling against it."
36. Kingdon's broad experience, as writer and scholar, suffuses this important book.
37. The second story in the book is titled 'The Scholar'
38. You are a respected scholar.
39. His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam in his titah during the UBD 25th Anniversary Celebration in 2011 announced the introduction of The Chancellor's Scholar UBD.
40. He was always a scholar. His catalog of collectors' marks is still a classic.
41. Being gentle and cultivated is just a scholar's attitude.
42. Official handouts describe the Emperor as "particularly noted as a scholar."
43. Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar.
44. She could be a good scholar if she didn't let her mind wander so much.
45. He assembled a panel of scholars to advise him.
46. She invoked several eminent scholars to back up her argument.
47. There has been a lot of debate among scholars about this.
48. My tutor is a scholar of profound learning.
49. They know scholars reject their legend, but they still cling to their belief.
50. He was the most distinguished scholar in his field.
51. He was one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture.
52. He is said to have been a brilliant scholar.
53. Many scholars have argued thus.
54. The library attracts thousands of scholars and researchers.