scholarly person

scholarly person
noun
a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
Syn: ↑scholar, ↑bookman, ↑student
Derivationally related forms: ↑studentship (for: ↑student), ↑scholarly (for: ↑scholar), ↑scholarship (for: ↑scholar)
Hypernyms: ↑intellectual, ↑intellect
Hyponyms:
academician, ↑schoolman, ↑alumnus, ↑alumna, ↑alum, ↑graduate, ↑grad, ↑Arabist, ↑bibliographer, ↑bibliophile, ↑booklover, ↑book lover, ↑Cabalist, ↑Kabbalist, ↑doctor, ↑Dr., ↑goliard, ↑historian, ↑historiographer, ↑humanist, ↑initiate, ↑learned person, ↑pundit, ↑savant, ↑Islamist, ↑licentiate, ↑Masorete, ↑Massorete, ↑Masorite, ↑master, ↑mujtihad, ↑musicologist, ↑pedant, ↑bookworm, ↑scholastic, ↑philomath, ↑philosopher, ↑postdoc, ↑post doc, ↑reader, ↑Renaissance man, ↑generalist, ↑salutatorian, ↑salutatory speaker, ↑scholiast, ↑Schoolman, ↑medieval Schoolman, ↑Shakespearian, ↑Shakespearean, ↑Sinologist, ↑theologian, ↑theologist, ↑theologizer, ↑theologiser, ↑valedictorian, ↑valedictory speaker, ↑Vedist
Instance Hyponyms:

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • scholarly — [[t]skɒ̱lə(r)li[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A scholarly person spends a lot of time studying and knows a lot about academic subjects. He was an intellectual, scholarly man. 2) ADJ GRADED A scholarly book or article contains a lot of academic information… …   English dictionary

  • scholarly — scholarliness, n. /skol euhr lee/, adj. 1. of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits. 2. having the qualities of a scholar: a scholarly person. 3. concerned with academic learning and research. adv. 4. like a scholar. [1590 1600; SCHOLAR …   Universalium

  • scholarly — /ˈskɒləli/ (say skoluhlee) adjective 1. of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits. 2. having the qualities of a scholar: a scholarly person. –adverb 3. like a scholar. –scholarliness, noun …  

  • Scholarly method — mdash; or as it is more commonly called, scholarship mdash; 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. In its …   Wikipedia

  • Scholarly — Schol ar*ly, a. Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique. adv. In a scholarly manner. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • learned person — noun someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field • Syn: ↑initiate, ↑pundit, ↑savant • Derivationally related forms: ↑initiate (for: ↑initiate) • Hype …   Useful english dictionary

  • erudite person — educated person, learned person, scholarly person …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Clayton Oscar Person — Clayton Oscar Person, CM, FRSC (May 16, 1922 – September 1, 1990) was recognized internationally as an authority on the genetics of host parasite relations [1]. He was born and raised in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan, Canada and died in Vancouver,… …   Wikipedia

  • Renaissance man — noun 1. a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests a statistician has to be something of a generalist • Syn: ↑generalist • Ant: ↑specialist (for: ↑generalist) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Rishabha (Jain tirthankar) — In Jainism, Rishabh Dev (ऋषभदेव) or Adinatha (other names used: IAST|Riṣhabh, IAST|Riṣhabhanāth, Rushabh, Rushabhdev, Adinath or Adishwar; Sanskrit IAST|ṛṣabha meaning best, most excellent ) was the first of the 24 Tirthankara. He belonged to the …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”