English > bookman: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines. |
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| Synonyms | scholar, scholarly person, student |
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| Instances | Crichton, James Crichton, The Admirable Crichton | Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582) |
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| Lorenzo de'Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent | Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and Botticelli (1449-1492) |
| Malone, Edmund Malone, Edmond Malone | English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812) |
| Varro, Marcus Terentius Varro | Roman scholar (116-27 BC) |
| Narrower | Arabist | A scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture |
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| Cabalist, Kabbalist | A student of the Jewish Kabbalah |
| Islamist | A scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies |
| Masorete, Massorete, Masorite | A scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah) |
| Renaissance man | A scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics |
| Renaissance man, generalist | A modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests |
| Schoolman, medieval Schoolman | A scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages |
| Shakespearian, Shakespearean | A Shakespearean scholar |
| Sinologist | A student of Chinese history and language and culture |
| Vedist | A scholar of or an authority on the Vedas |
| academician, schoolman | A scholar who is skilled in academic disputation |
| alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad | A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university / university) |
| bibliographer | someone trained in compiling bibliographies |
| bibliophile, booklover, book lover | someone who loves (and usually collects) books |
| doctor, Dr. | A person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution |
| goliard | A wandering scholar in medieval Europe |
| 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 |
| initiate, learned person, pundit, savant | someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field |
| licentiate | holds a license (degree) from a (European) university / university |
| master | someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution |
| mujtihad | An Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts |
| musicologist | A student / 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 |
| postdoc, post doc | A scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree |
| reader | A person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys reading |
| salutatorian, salutatory speaker | A graduating student with the second highest academic rank |
| scholiast | A scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) |
| theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser | 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 |
| Broader | intellectual, intellect | A person who uses the mind creatively |
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| Spanish | docto, erudito, especialista, estudiante, estudioso, sabio |
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| Catalan | erudit, estudiant, estudiós |
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