Scholar and University

Scholar

Scholar noun - A person of deep wisdom or learning.

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University and scholar are semantically related. In some cases you can use "University" instead a noun "Scholar".

University noun - A large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees.

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Scholar and university are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scholar" instead a noun "University".

Nearby Words: universal, universe, universality

human	human scholar	human university
old	old scholar	old university
female	female scholar	female university
top	top scholar	top university
Other adjectives: great, respected, famous, major, traditional, catholic, mad, local, educated, nearby, theological.

French scholar Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II, died 1003) was suspected of being a wizard, and according to these rumours he had studied magic at the university of Cordoba in Moorish Spain.

Source: Wizarding School
This trope stems from a modern convention: in the past, "Doctor" had a purely academic connotation — the word itself derives from the Latin doctor, meaning "teacher", meaning that scholar is licensed to lecture at a university on the subject they have a Doctorate in.

Source: Not That Kind of Doctor
Eric Greitens is a Rhodes scholar with a doctorate in politics from Oxford University who wrote his dissertation on how humanitarian organizations can best help children affected by war.

Source: Badass Bookworm / Real Life

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