Definition of scholarly person Scholarly person
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| scholarly person - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | ||
| scholar, bookman, student | ||
| intellectual, intellect a person who uses the mind creatively | ||
| schoolman, academician a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism | ||
| alumna, alumnus, grad, graduate, alum a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | ||
| arabist a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture | ||
| bibliographer someone trained in compiling bibliographies | ||
| bibliophile, book lover, booklover someone who loves (and usually collects) books | ||
| kabbalist, cabalist a student of the Jewish Kabbalah | ||
| dr., doctor children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office; "the children explored each other's bodies by playing the game of doctor" | ||
| goliard a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs | ||
| historian, historiographer a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it | ||
| humanist a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts | ||
| learned person, pundit, savant, initiate people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate" | ||
| islamist an orthodox Muslim | ||
| licentiate holds a license (degree) from a (European) university | ||
| masorete, masorite, massorete a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah) | ||
| master an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made | ||
| mujtihad an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts | ||
| musicologist a student of musicology | ||
| pedant, bookworm, scholastic a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | ||
| philomath a lover of learning | ||
| philosopher a specialist in philosophy | ||
| post doc, postdoc a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree | ||
| reader one of a series of texts for students learning to read | ||
| renaissance man a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics | ||
| generalist, renaissance man a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics | ||
| salutatorian, salutatory speaker a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises | ||
| scholiast a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) | ||
| medieval schoolman, schoolman a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism | ||
| shakespearean, shakespearian a Shakespearean scholar | ||
| sinologist a student of Chinese history and language and culture | ||
| theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology | ||
| valedictorian, valedictory speaker the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement | ||
| vedist a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas | ||
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