noun. A learned person; a scholar.

noun. An idiot savant.

noun. A man of learning or science; one eminent for learning.

noun. A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.

noun. A person of learning; one who is versed in literature or science.

noun. A person eminent for acquirements.

noun. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

"All the whole human drift, from the first ape-man to the last savant, is but a phantom, a flash of light and a flutter of movement across the infinite face of the starry night."

bookman  scholar  scholarly person  student  

polymath  

Labonte  Vermont  avant  commandant  croissant  

alienist  antiquary  archæologist  astrologer  astronomer  

Admirable Crichton  academician  adept  aficionado  amateur