Renaissance man
Example Sentences
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The Renaissance man, the father of the modern age, can claim all of us as successors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Charles is at once a Renaissance man and a Luddite.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2024
Now, the composer Joseph Boulogne would be hailed as a Renaissance man: artist, athlete, intellectual, soldier.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024
Maurice Sr. was both jack-of-all-trades and working-class Renaissance man, for a time alternating roles as nightclub bouncer and drum-playing orchestra leader, Nurse said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
It’s my honor and pleasure to salute You, a true Renaissance man of Harlem.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
