noun

1. SCHOLAR, someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
2. SCHOLAR, a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
3. SCHOLAR, a student who holds a scholarship
4. SCHOLAR, a person who has studied a subject for a long time and knows a lot about it : an intelligent and well-educated person who knows a particular subject very well
5. SCHOLAR, someone who has been given a scholarship

1. She's a renowned scholar of African-American history.
2. scholars have long debated whether there is ever such a thing as a truly selfless act