What does man of letters mean?

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man of let·ters

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. man of lettersnoun

    a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities

GCIDE

  1. man of lettersnoun

    A writer, especially one who writes for a living.

  2. man of lettersnoun

    A learned person; a scholar.

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  1. man of lettersnoun

    a literary man

ChatGPT

  1. man of letters

    A man of letters is an intellectual or scholar; a person, often a man, who is knowledgeable, educated, and engages in literary or scholarly activities such as reading, writing, studying or teaching. This term particularly applies to those who are well-versed and accomplished in the field of literature or humanities.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of man of letters in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of man of letters in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of man of letters in a Sentence

  1. Jules Renard:

    Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.


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