1. a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines; [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scholarly person
n 1: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone
who by long study has gained mastery in one or more
disciplines [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman,
student]