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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

奨学生

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shōgakusei

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Scholarship-holder/ˈskɒl.ə.ʃɪpˌhəʊl.də(r)/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"奨学生として留学する機会を得ました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A student who has been awarded a scholarship to help pay for their education.

    "The university welcomed all new scholarship-holders at an orientation dinner."
  2. 2

    A person who receives financial support or a grant for specialized research or study.

    "As a prestigious scholarship-holder, she spent the academic year investigating renewable energy sources."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from scholarship (Middle English, from Old English scolere and Old French scholar, ultimately from Late Latin scholaris) combined with holder (from Middle English holden, Old English haldan). The compound emerged in the late 19th century as formal education systems expanded and institutions began offering financial stipends for academic merit.

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