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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
Adam Clarke

Meaning of "scholar" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCHOLAR

From Old French escoler, via Late Latin from Latin scholaschool1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOLAR

scholar  [ˈskɒlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOLAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scholar is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCHOLAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

scholar

Scholarly method

The Scholarly method or scholarship is the body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as valid and trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public. It is the methods that systemically advance the teaching, research, and practice of a given scholarly or academic field of study through rigorous inquiry. Scholarship is noted by its significance to its particular profession, is creative, can be documented, can be replicated or elaborated, and can be and is peer-reviewed through various methods.

Definition of scholar in the English dictionary

The first definition of scholar in the dictionary is a learned person, esp in the humanities. Other definition of scholar is a person, esp a child, who studies; pupil. Scholar is also a student of merit at an educational establishment who receives financial aid, esp from an endowment given for such a purpose.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCHOLAR


ayatollah
ˌaɪəˈtɒlə
choler
ˈkɒlə
chrysocolla
ˌkrɪsəʊˈkɒlə
collar
ˈkɒlə
corolla
kəˈrɒlə
dollar
ˈdɒlə
dolor
ˈdɒlə
goller
ˈɡɒlə
holla
ˈhɒlə
holler
ˈhɒlə
horse-collar
ˈhɔːsˌkɒlə
ichthyocolla
ˌɪkθɪəʊˈkɒlə
olla
ˈɒlə
osteocolla
ˌɒstɪəʊˈkɒlə
roll-collar
rəʊlˈkɒlə
sarcocolla
ˌsɑːkəʊˈkɒlə
torticollar
ˌtɔːtɪˈkɒlə
walla
ˈwɒlə
wallah
ˈwɒlə
Waller
ˈwɒlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOLAR

schola cantorum
scholae cantorum
scholar´s mate
scholar´s tree
scholarch
scholarliness
scholarly
scholarship
scholarship holder
scholastic
scholastic aptitude test
scholastic philosophy
scholastic profession
scholastical
scholastically
scholasticate
scholasticism
scholia
scholiast
scholiastic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCHOLAR

alveolar
areolar
arteriolar
bipolar
circumpolar
dipolar
escolar
extrasolar
micromolar
molar
nonpolar
nucleolar
polar
premolar
Rhodes scholar
solar
tolar
unipolar
vacuolar
volar

Synonyms and antonyms of scholar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCHOLAR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scholar» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scholar

Translation of «scholar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCHOLAR

Find out the translation of scholar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scholar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scholar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

学者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

erudito
570 millions of speakers

English

scholar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विद्वान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

باحث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ученый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estudioso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পণ্ডিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

érudit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sarjana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gelehrte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

学者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

학자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sarjana
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

học giả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறிஞர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विद्वान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akademisyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

studioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uczony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вчений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

savant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λόγιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geleerde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lärd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lærd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scholar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOLAR»

The term «scholar» is very widely used and occupies the 10.452 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOLAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scholar» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scholar» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scholar

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10 QUOTES WITH «SCHOLAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scholar.
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Reza Aslan
I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades, who also happens to be Muslim.
2
John James Audubon
I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.
3
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.
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Harold Bloom
The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating or trying to demonstrate that every possible stance a critic, a scholar, a teacher can take towards a poem is itself inevitably and necessarily poetic.
5
Robert Burns
His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.
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Thomas P. Campbell
I would probably have been very content as a scholar to have carried on organising exhibitions and writing books and teaching.
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George Chapman
And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
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Adam Clarke
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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Leonard Cohen
I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.
10
Alan Colmes
Genius, scholar, and war hero though he is, you have to admit - or maybe you should think about admitting - that George Bush might have rushed things a little in invading Iraq.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOLAR»

Discover the use of scholar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scholar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming ...
This book will explore these changes, their implications for higher education, the possibilities for new forms of scholarly practice and what lessons can be drawn from other sectors.
Martin Weller, 2011
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The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids ...
A sobering, full-length account based on the author's article in The Chronicle of Higher Education explains how his former employers sell legal, high-priced "study guides" that students can readily access and adapt for college assignments, ...
Dave Tomar, 2012
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Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar: Self-Education and the ...
James Bach’s smart and empowering guide to self-education, which shows how leading a life in pursuit of passion can lead to fulfillment and success.
James Marcus Bach, 2011
4
A White Scholar and the Black Community, 1945-1965: Essays ...
This volume brings together sixteen of his essays written between 1945 and 1965. Meier has added a substantial introduction, reflecting on those years and setting the context in which the essays were written.
August Meier, 1992
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Scholar: The Fourth Book of the Imager Portfolio
On his way to Tilbor on a military scouting mission, scholar-imager Quaeryt must face pirates, storms, poisonings, attempted murder, and stunning revelations about himself.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., 2012
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Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life
In this beautifully illustrated offering of ancient wisdom, Deng Ming-Dao shares the secrets of the spiritual path handed down to him by Kwan Saihung, his Taoist master, as well as by herbalists, martial artists, and other practitioners of ...
Ming-Dao Deng, 1990
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Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research
Through a series of essays, the text argues for better writing at the M.F.A. level with the purpose of becoming better artists.
G. James Daichendt, 2012
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The Fragile Scholar: Power and Masculinity in Chinese Culture
The book is an original contribution to the study of the construction of masculinity in the Chinese context from a comparative perspective (Euro-American).
Geng Song, 2004
9
Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge: Muḥammad B. ʻAlī ...
Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge focuses on the intellectual tradition that formed al-Sanusi, and also presents his writings and an overview of the Sanusiya order in the mid-nineteenth century.
Knut S. Vikør, 1995
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Rogue Scholar: The Sinister Life and Celebrated Death of ...
The tragic saga of a nineteenth-century fugitive, ne'er-do-well, and would-be savant that touches on themes as compelling today as they were in Victorian times
Richard W. Bailey, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOLAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scholar is used in the context of the following news items.
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DIII Men's Track & Field Scholar Athletes of the Year & All-Academic …
Scholar Athletes of the Year were selected as the highest-finishing ... He is the first man from St. Olaf to win track & field Scholar Athlete of the Year honors. «U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, Jul 15»
2
Muslim scholar Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri releases 'counter …
Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri hopes the 'Islamic Curriculum on Peace & Counter Terrorism' will dissuade young British ... «Metro, Jun 15»
3
Twenty National YoungArts Foundation Winners Named 2015 U.S. …
To reserve tickets, call the U.S. Presidential Scholars line after June 9 and before ... The first step to becoming a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts is to apply to ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
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Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin Review
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin does more than wrap up the original game and its DLC for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It's taken everything that ... «IGN, Apr 15»
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Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin review (OXM)
By re-positioning many of the enemies in the world, with often surprising new complications arising as a result, Scholar ensures that everyone is back to square ... «GamesRadar, Apr 15»
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin upgrade and pricing systems …
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is scheduled to launch on Steam this Wednesday, April 1 with current and last-gen counterparts becoming available the ... «Destructoid, Mar 15»
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An Islamic scholar tells a female Lebanese TV host to 'shut up.' What …
A video showing an argument between a Lebanese television host and an Islamic scholar serves as a talking point about the challenges women in media face ... «Christian Science Monitor, Mar 15»
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is more than just a remaster
Of course, this is to ease them into what Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin has to offer. Though there's been little information about what to expect from this ... «Destructoid, Feb 15»
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China arrests scholar who helped blind dissident flee house arrest
Guo is an idealistic but media-shy scholar who launched campaigns that drew support from the public, including efforts to raise funds for victims of a tainted milk ... «Reuters, Jan 15»
10
Students of Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti on trial in China
Seven university students linked to jailed Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti have reportedly gone on trial in China's westernmost province of Xinjiang. Tohti was ... «BBC News, Nov 14»

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