MAN OF LETTERS (men of letters)
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
• MAN OF LETTERS (noun)
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)
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