A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.
The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
An academy; a place of learning.
The scholarly life, environment, or community.
A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.