scholar English · revision 10706

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1000|origins=ang scolere|origins=la-med scholaris}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈskɒl.ə/, US /ˈskɑː.lɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Old English scolere, a student (about 1000),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) [[bor|la-med|scholāris|t=a pupil]], noun use of Late Latin scholāris, of a school,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Latin schola, school (see [[school]]);^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Middle English scoler was reinforced by Old French escolier.^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who is taught in a school, or who learns from a teacher: about 1000 in the OED.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline notes that the word was not common before the 14th century and the modern use may be a reborrowing.^(Etymonline) A learned person, especially in philosophy and classics, is from the late 13th century,^(Etymonline) about 1300 in Barnhart,^(Barnhart 1988) and a student at a university from 1303.^(OED 1989) The spelling with sch- appears in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) In British use a scholar is typically a student who holds a scholarship (1510s).^(Etymonline)^(Collins 2023) ''Scholarship'', the status of a scholar, is from 1535–36, and learning or erudition from 1589.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1000 – a pupil.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1300 – a learned person.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1303 – a university student.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1510s – a scholarship holder.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1535–36 – scholarship.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A learned person, especially an expert in a field of the humanities.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A student who holds a [[scholarship]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(dated)'' A pupil at school.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[scholarless]]

+ * [[nonscholar]]

+ * [[scholarly]]

+ * [[scholarship]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[scholiast]]

+ * [[school]]

+ * [[scholastic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}