n. One who receives instruction in a school; one who learns from a teacher; one who is under tuition; a pupil; a student; a disciple.n. In English universities, formerly, any student; now, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives a portion of its revenues to furnish him with the means of prosecuting his studies during the academic curriculum; the holder of a scholarship.n. One who learns anything: as, an apt scholar in the school of deceit.n. A learned man; one having great knowledge of literature or philology; an erudite person; specifically, a man or woman of letters.