noun (n)

• someone elected to honorary membership in an academy(noun.person)

  source: wordnet30
• a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  schoolman
  

  source: wordnet30
• an educator who works at a college or university(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  academic, faculty member
  

  source: wordnet30
• A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.(noun)

  source: webster1913