learned person
Example Sentences
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“In those times you were just a learned person and you would learn about all sorts of things.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021
Somebody said it well, open your eyes people, leave the ignorance behind, act educated even if you aren't formally a learned person.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2017
As a parent, I know that four years of college bring nothing more than a learned person in terms of books, tests, notes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I was still, however, making a tolerable pretense of attention, when a learned person across the table was sharp enough to see that I was a novice in the gathering.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried
What is sufficient diligence in an illiterate person, or with regard to a matter of minor importance, would be insufficient in a learned person, or in a matter of greater importance.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome