n.
- a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic.
▸chiefly archaic a person who is highly educated or has an aptitude for study.
- a university student holding a scholarship.
- archaic a student or pupil.
Etymology
OE scol(i)ere ‘student’, from late L. scholaris, via L. from Gk skholē (see school1).