Usually means: Scholar proficient in literary arts.
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  1. man of letters: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. man of letters: Merriam-Webster
  3. man of letters: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. man of letters: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. man of letters: Wordnik
  7. man of letters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. man-of-letters, man of letters: Wiktionary
  9. man of letters: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. man of letters: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. man of letters: Dictionary.com
  12. Man of Letters (film), Man of letters: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. man of letters: Rhymezone
  14. Man of Letters: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. man of letters: FreeDictionary.org
  16. man of letters: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (dated) A literary man; a scholar or author.

Similar:
homme de lettres, scholar, literator, scholar and gentleman, wordman, bookman, wordsman, gentleman and scholar, writing master, litterateur, more...

Opposite:
ignoramus, illiterate, uneducated, unlettered, uninformed

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Similar:
homme de lettres, scholar, literator, scholar and gentleman, wordman, bookman, wordsman, gentleman and scholar, writing master, litterateur, more...

Opposite:
ignoramus, illiterate, uneducated, unlettered, uninformed



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