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| academic |
having to do with scholarship or disciplined, intellectual study. [1/4 definitions] |
| academician |
one who adheres to the traditional forms and methods of scholarship. [1/2 definitions] |
| Harvard University |
an Ivy League university in the U.S. founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, considered a world center for research and scholarship. |
| historiographer |
one who specializes in analyzing, teaching, or developing the techniques, principles, and theories of historical scholarship. [1/2 definitions] |
| multidisciplinary |
of, pertaining to, or involving several branches of scholarship or expertise. |
| pedant |
one who insists on an overly formal or detailed approach to scholarship. [1/2 definitions] |
| scholar |
a student who has been granted money to study, esp. one who holds a scholarship because of his or her abilities. [1/3 definitions] |
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