Schol'ar, n.

(skŏl/ar), n. [L. Lat. scholaris, from Lat. scholaris, belonging to a school, from schola, a school; O. Fr. escolar, N. Fr. écolier, Pr., Sp., & Pg. escolar, It. scolare, scolaro, scolajo, Dan. skolar, D. scholier, Ger. schüler. See SCHOOL.] 1. One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner. I am no breeching scholar in the schools. Shak.

2. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch of knowledge; a person eminent for erudition; a savant.
3. One acquainted with books only; a book-learned person; a pedant; — in contempt or reproach.
4. An undergraduate in English universities, who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.

Syn.—Pupil; learner; disciple.—SCHOLAR, PUPIL. Scholar refers to the instruction, and pupil to the care and government, of a teacher. A scholar is one who is under instruction; a pupil is one who is under the immediate and personal care of an instructor; hence we speak of a bright scholar and an obedient pupil. For such is all the mental food purveyed By public hackneys in the schooling trade; Who feed a pupil's intellect with store Of syntax, truly, but with little more. Cooper.