See Also: scholar(dictionary)
scholar(dictionary)

affidavit (oh) and scholar (oh)


affidavit (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: 'he or she has made a formal promise', from affidare, from Latin ad- 'to' + Vulgar Latin fidare 'to trust']
a written statement that you swear is true, for use as proof in a court of law

scholar (oh)



[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: scholaris, from Late Latin, 'of a school', from Latin schola; SCHOOL1]
an intelligent and well-educated person
::the great Dutch scholar Erasmus
someone who knows a lot about a particular subject, especially one that is not a science subject
::a Shakespearean scholar
someone who has been given a scholarship to study at a school or college
::He was a King's scholar at Eton College.