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MAN OF LETTERS (men of letters)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does man of letters mean?
• MAN OF LETTERS (noun)
The noun MAN OF LETTERS has 1 sense:
1. a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities
Familiarity information: MAN OF LETTERS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man devoted to literary or scholarly activities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("man of letters" is a kind of...):
humanist (a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts)
Context examples
“I suppose, Watson, we must look upon you as a man of letters,” said he.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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