erudite person

  • 1erudite person — educated person, learned person, scholarly person …

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  • 2erudite — adj. 1 (of a person) learned. 2 (of writing etc.) showing great learning. Derivatives: eruditely adv. erudition n. Etymology: ME f. L eruditus past part. of erudire instruct, train (as E , rudis untrained) …

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  • 3Erudition — The word erudition came into Middle English from Latin. A scholar is erudite (Latin eruditus ) when instruction and reading followed by digestion and contemplation have effaced all rudeness ( e (ex ) + rudis ), that is to say smoothed away all… …

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  • 4Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow — Cyprian (Bulgarian: Киприан, Russian: Киприан, Ukrainian: Кипріан) (c. 1336 – 16 September 1406) was Metropolitan of Moscow (since 1381), Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (since 1390). (The official title was Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus …

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  • 5scholar — scholarless, adj. /skol euhr/, n. 1. a learned or erudite person, esp. one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject. 2. a student; pupil. 3. a student who has been awarded a scholarship. [bef. 1000; < LL scholaris, equiv. to L schol(a)&#8230; …

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  • 6brainiac — noun a very intelligent and usually studious, erudite person, can be derogatory [ …

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  • 7Monrad Metzgen — Monrad Siegfried Metzgen (1894 13 May 1956, Belize) was a well known national hero of Belize having been a leading citizen in the Colony of British Honduras. Contents 1 Family 2 Government Service 3 Military Service …

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  • 8savant — n. Scholar, learned man, erudite person, one of the literati, man of science …

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  • 9scholar — n. 1. Disciple, pupil, student, learner. 2. Savant, man of letters, philomath, learned man, erudite person. 3. Pedant …

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  • 10scholar — schol•ar [[t]ˈskɒl ər[/t]] n. 1) a learned or erudite person, esp. one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject 2) cvb a student who has been awarded a scholarship 3) a student; pupil • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME scoler(e), OE scolere&#8230; …

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