Usually means: Scholar with knowledge in many areas.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word polyhistor:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. polyhistor: Merriam-Webster
  2. polyhistor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polyhistor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polyhistor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Polyhistor, polyhistor: Wordnik
  6. polyhistor: Wiktionary
  7. polyhistor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polyhistor: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Polyhistor, polyhistor: Dictionary.com
  10. Polyhistor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Polyhistor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. polyhistor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Polyhistor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. polyhistor: FreeDictionary.org
  15. polyhistor: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. polyhistor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. polyhistor: A Word A Day
  2. polyhistor: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polyhistor)

▸ noun:  Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar.

Similar:
polymath, Renaissance man, cognoscente, idiot savant, supergeneralist, past master, virtuoso, omniglot, past-master, big word, more...

Phrases:
alexander polyhistor, more...

Adjectives:
great, later, experienced, true, austrian, last, hindu, third, pagan

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Similar:
polymath, Renaissance man, cognoscente, idiot savant, supergeneralist, past master, virtuoso, omniglot, past-master, big word, more...

Phrases:
alexander polyhistor, more...

Adjectives:
great, later, experienced, true, austrian, last, hindu, third, pagan



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