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| academic |
a teacher or scholar at a college or university. [1/3 definitions] |
| appositive |
in grammar, a word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun and is placed, without a conjunction, immediately after a noun or noun equivalent that refers to the same person, place, or thing, such as "a devoted scholar" in "my mother, a devoted scholar". [1/2 definitions] |
| divine |
a religious scholar or clergyman. [1/12 definitions] |
| Festschrift |
(sometimes l.c.) a publication of writings or essays done by friends, colleagues, or admirers as a tribute to a scholar. |
| harmonist |
a scholar who studies and arranges parallel passages, as of the Bible, to show similarities and differences. [1/2 definitions] |
| humanist |
a scholar or student of the humanities. [1/3 definitions] |
| imam |
a Muslim scholar and interpreter of the Koran. [1/3 definitions] |
| Latinist |
a scholar of Latin. |
| magisterial |
of the nature of an intellectual master or authority such as a professor or scholar. [1/2 definitions] |
| man of letters |
a man whose occupation or avocation is in literature, esp. as a writer, critic, scholar, or translator. |
| medievalist |
a student or scholar of some aspect of medieval culture such as philosophy or art. [1/2 definitions] |
| mirza |
a distinguished title following the name of a Persian prince or preceding that of a high government official or distinguished scholar. |
| rabbi |
a scholar well-versed in or qualified to interpret Jewish law or doctrine. [2/3 definitions] |
| savant |
a person of deep learning; scholar. [1/2 definitions] |
| scholarly |
of or appropriate to a scholar. |
| scholarship |
the work of a scholar. [1/2 definitions] |
| Shakespearean |
a scholar, actor, or the like who specializes in the works of Shakespeare. [1/2 definitions] |
| Shavian |
a scholar or the like who specializes in the work of George Bernard Shaw. [1/2 definitions] |
| Talmudist |
one who is versed in or a student of the teachings in the Talmud; Talmudic scholar. [1/2 definitions] |
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