well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
識者の意見を参考にした。
I took the experts' opinions as a reference.
大勢の識者が政策の是非を公の場で議論した。
Many experts publicly debated the merits of the policy.
新聞各紙で識者が温暖化対策の遅れに警鐘を鳴らした。
In newspaper after newspaper, experts sounded the alarm over the delay in climate measures.