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 Definitions of man of letters  [əˈnu vər]  

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Definition of 'man of letters' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) man of letters
a man engaged in literary pursuits.

Etymology:  (1615–25)

Definition of 'man of letters' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) man of letters
a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities


Translation of 'man of letters' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a writer and/or scholar
Shakespeare was perhaps Britain's greatest man of letters.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: letterkundige Arabic flag Arabic: أديب، من أهل الأدب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: писател
Brazilian flag Brazilian: homem de letras Czech flag Czech: spisovatel; vědec German flag German: der Schriftsteller
Danish flag Danish: skribent; bogens mand Greek flag Greek: άνθρωπος των γραμμάτων Spanish flag Spanish: hombre de letras
Estonian flag Estonian: kirjamees Farsi flag Farsi: نویسنده Finnish flag Finnish: oppinut
French flag French: homme de lettres Hebrew flag Hebrew: סוֹפֵר וּמַשכִּיל Hindi flag Hindi: विद्वान, पंडित
Croatian flag Croatian: učenjak, literat Hungarian flag Hungarian: író Indonesian flag Indonesian: penulis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rithöfundur; bókamaður; f Italian flag Italian: uomo di lettere, letterat Japanese flag Japanese: 文学者
Korean flag Korean: 문학가, 저술가 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: rašytojas, mokslininkas Latvian flag Latvian: rakstnieks
Malay flag Malay: penulis Dutch flag Dutch: letterkundige Norwegian flag Norwegian: skribent, vitenskapsmann
Polish flag Polish: erudyta, pisarz Persian flag Persian: نویسنده Pashto flag Pashto: ليكوال
Portuguese flag Portuguese: homem de letras Romanian flag Romanian: om de litere Russian flag Russian: писатель; учёный
Slovak flag Slovak: spisovateľ Slovenian flag Slovenian: književnik Serbian flag Serbian: učenjak
Swedish flag Swedish: författare, skriftställar Thai flag Thai: ผู้แต่งวรรณกรรม Turkish flag Turkish: edebiyatçı, edip; bilim a
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 作家 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: літератор Urdu flag Urdu: عالم ، مصنف
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhà văn; học giả Chinese flag Chinese: 作家

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