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).