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belletrist
[
Fr.
bel-
le
-t
r
uh
]
Main Entry:
man of letters
Part of Speech:
noun
Definition:
man of learning
Synonyms:
belletrist
,
brain
, educated person,
intellectual
, literary craftsman, literary scholar, litterateur,
savant
,
scholar
, walking encyclopedia, wordsmith
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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