SCHOLARS

A learned person and/or a specialist in a given branch of knowledge (e.g. biology, literature, computer science).* Usually a scholar has an academic degree, at the least a Masters and probably a Ph.D., in the his/her chosen field and works in the field.

* "Scholar." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. www.bartleby.com/61/. May 17, 2004.